A/N: Sorry about not updating this weekend. I was sleeping over at a
friend's house and we went to the mall with kids (most I didn't know), a
playhouse, and some of his friends' houses. I got to play DDR (I supposedly
did good for my first time).
FinalSaber- I can make them cheaper if you want; I could make Gohan figure out how to move his energy into the opponent's body and explode it on his/her ki source or always freeze his enemies then beat them into a pulp (don't worry, I won't. That would be too boring). I'm trying to make him have them, but still seeming quazi-fair.
Luna's Meow- You have to remember that he doesn't have cells from Frieza or King Cold either. You also have to take into account that my Mirai Gohan that Gero got cells off of was stronger. And I never said that he didn't get Vegeta's cells *grins evilly*.
Mystical Marik- You have to remember that Piccolo spent more time around a saiyan-like Gohan, so some of the attitude rubbed off.
lGreen-Lanternl- Yes, I'll throw him into the action.
Ash- You bastard. You took the idea right out of my head.
Marshmellow13Dragon- Yes, Cell got some of the stronger cells from Gohan. I'll try and show more of the training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, but I find that training is the most boring part of typing in the stories.
Disclaimer: For Pete's sake, I don't own DBZ (who's Pete?)
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If I could be any animal, it would be a bird. Not for the whole flying around thing, but for the being able to crap wherever you want thing.
Chapter 14
Gohan followed his dad and Piccolo into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. The first thing he saw was the sleeping area. It had two beds, one on each side, with curtains around them, the ripped one obviously housed Vegeta. The kitchen area was off to the right; he'd better take the bed near there so that Goku wouldn't eat it all. The bathroom was on the left and the exit to the training area was right in front of them.
Gohan walked up to the stairs and stared wide-eyed at the white expanse in front of him. The entire area was white; there was no sign of color there whatsoever. After taking a couple steps off the platform, Gohan felt an increase in the gravity, not that it hindered him at all.
'So this is the Hyperbolic Time Chamber? You'd think it would look more extravagant than this. I don't see why dad had to continuously warn me about not traveling too far in, I can just sense where his energy signal is coming from and get back here. Oh well, a year of training without worrying about having to study; just what I need.' Gohan thought, running a hand through his golden hair. He was definitely looking forward to this experience.
"Hey! C'mon Piccolo, let's spar! I bet you can't beat me anymore," Gohan challenged. Piccolo smirked and shrugged off his cape and turban before following Gohan into the training area.
'Gohan isn't taking this seriously,' Goku thought. 'He just sees this as a great opportunity to train and get stronger; he won't listen to my advice. Sometimes, I swear that he's more like Vegeta's son than mine; heck, he's more like Vegeta's son than Trunks is.'
Gohan returned his hair and eyes to black; he didn't want to beat Piccolo too easily, he needed a good workout to get stronger.
Piccolo took off at Gohan with a ki-infused fist. Gohan hit Piccolo's arm away and buried his other fist in the Namek's stomach. He then grabbed Piccolo's arm and roundhouse kicked the Namek away.
As soon as Piccolo was standing up again, Gohan charged at him fist first. Piccolo looked at him oddly before putting up a defense. When Gohan was less than three inches from Piccolo, he stopped his charge, dropped to the ground, and knocked the Namekian warrior's legs out from underneath him, causing him to trip to the ground.
Gohan, deciding that this wouldn't be anywhere near a challenge for him, split himself into three and had two of them join Piccolo in attacking him. Piccolo and the two Gohan clones threw flurries of punches and kicks at Gohan from all around him. Gohan only spent his time dodging the attacks, as he couldn't attack without giving up his defense.
Gohan made a rapid increase in his power level, causing winds to pick up that knocked his opponents away from him. Using his brief advantage, Gohan grabbed on of the other Gohans and slammed him into the third. He thrust his elbow back to hit Piccolo in the stomach again, and then swinging the fist over his shoulder and punching Piccolo in the chest.
He threw both fists forward and unleashed blasts of energy at his clones. Gohan then jumped up and over Piccolo, who had charged at him. Gohan landed and looked at Piccolo and the others of his multiform. He held his arm up and fired a blast away from all three of them. They stared in confusion until they saw an orange figure hit the ground a distance away.
"If you wanted to join us dad, you could have just asked," Gohan stated. Goku grinned sheepishly at his son before erupting into super saiyan and charging. Gohan started dodging the attacks as best as he could, but it didn't take long to see that he would need to power up also to stand a chance. He knew that he wouldn't be given the chance so he made it. Gohan sent out a blast of his mental energy, which knocked Goku away from him. Gohan then released a brief shout and his hair spiked golden again. The other two Gohan clones followed suit.
All four charged at Gohan and threw beams of ki at him. Gohan redirected all of the energy attacks above him at each other. They exploded on each other and caused a heavy amount of smoke to appear. Gohan masked his energy and, using the fog as some cover, charged at one of the Gohans and knocked him unconscious.
The smoke cleared, and Piccolo, Goku, and the Gohan clone were standing in a line. All three of them charged straight at Gohan with fists raised. Gohan pulled his hands to his side, and turned his body to the right while still facing the oncoming assault, as though holding a baseball bat.
Forest green energy gathered at his fists then erupted upwards. It stopped after two feet and formed a blade of energy. Gohan swung his blade at the three, sending green streaks of energy at them [1]. Gohan plunged the sword into the remaining Gohan clone then pulled up, slicing him in two.
Goku charged at his son and threw a blast of energy at him. Gohan easily knocked the blast back at Goku, who dodged it. Piccolo, however, wasn't so lucky and was hit and knocked unconscious.
Goku and Gohan started fighting as fast as Goku could; now that Piccolo was out of the way. Gohan once again created some duplicates of himself and had them attack him. This time, Gohan was actually having difficulty keeping up with the three saiyans.
Gohan's luck was about to come through for him. Unlike himself, Goku was new to the whole holding onto super saiyan powers and thus, can't hold onto it for very long. This proved the case as Goku's hair and eyes changed to black, just before Gohan hit him in the stomach sending him to the ground. Gohan halted himself and the other two Gohans to move Goku onto a bed before continuing.
Gohan had his clones remove their weighted training clothes before resuming the fighting. The Gohan clones started beating on Gohan, since they were minus about twenty tons total in weight. Gohan was managing to hold them off, somewhat.
Gohan picked himself up from the ground. He took off his weighted wristbands and, seeing the clones charging him, threw them each at a clone. The clones easily dodged them and sent energy blasts at Gohan so he couldn't remove the other weights.
The fight was now semi-fair. Gohan could move his arms fast enough to evade or block most of the attacks unleashed upon him.
All three Gohans were tiring of the hard workout they had been doing, but none of them showed it. Gohan quickly created his energy blade, the other ones doing likewise. They all charged at each other and started slashing around at each other all over.
They kept attacking each other like such for fifteen minutes with no hits until Gohan finally struck one of his clones in two. Gohan, who had had to fight off two people instead of one, was more tired than his clone, but had enough to continue the fight.
The two went at it with their energy blades again, attacking only to have their blows parried each time. Gohan threw his energy blade at the clone only for him to slice it in half. When the clone looked back up, he saw a huge stream of yellow energy flowing at him. It was too close for him to dodge and he had nowhere near enough power to stop it. The blast consumed him and left nothing remaining.
Gohan remerged with all of his clones that were still in one piece before falling to the ground of exhaustion. He pulled out his senzu beans and ate one, causing all his injuries to heal and returning his power to its regular level. Gohan materialized a fresh gi and went to meditate.
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Vegeta had left the lookout moments after exiting the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to go defeat the entity known as Cell. He was so caught up in thoughts of the fight ahead, that he didn't realize that Mirai Trunks was tailing him. Not that he would care what he does.
Vegeta found the green grasshopper floating over the ocean calling out to Android Eighteen. Had he not been saiyan, Vegeta would have been disgusted with what he saw. Cell looked as though he hadn't changed too much. His hands now had five fingers each and he had boots on his feet. Cell was definitely much bulkier than his previous form.
To get his attention, Vegeta fired a weak blast of ki at Cell.
"Hey, android!" Vegeta called. "Why don't you come and fight me? I'll be more than happy to give you a fight."
"Very well, Vegeta [2]. You'll have to suffice until Eighteen comes out of hiding."
Cell and Vegeta flew down to the ground on a nearby island, which, coincidentally, was the island Android Eighteen was hiding on.
"What does Vegeta think he's doing? He could barely stand up to my brother or I when we fought and Cell is stronger than us," she commented.
"Perhaps Vegeta has found a way to get stronger faster," another android commented.
Eighteen looked at the android quizzically, but remembered that he never really explained anything. He had red hair and black eyes. This android wore a black spandex suit under green armor that covered his chest and shoulders.
"Do you really think that's possible, Sixteen [3]?" Android Eighteen asked.
"We are unaware of Vegeta's activity in the past twenty five hours. Anything could have happened."
Eighteen nodded. Android Sixteen was the one with the best "brains" of the androids. Plus, he could have done something to get immensely strong quickly.
Vegeta launched into an attack as soon as Cell landed. He flared into super saiyan on his way to Cell. Vegeta started throwing punches all over the grasshopper-like android and all of his attacks hit. Cell tried his best to avoid the blows, but was too slow.
Vegeta slammed his elbow into Cell's face and then swung his fist downwards and into Cell's stomach. He then kicked Cell in the side sending him soaring to the ground.
Cell was up quickly and threw an energy blast at Vegeta. The blast was easily knocked aside before Cell was seen flying back to the ground after attempting to sneak an attack in on Vegeta.
Cell got up again and was back on Vegeta, throwing flurries of punches and kicks trying to hit Vegeta, who easily moved around the assaults. Vegeta kneed him in the stomach then floated back some.
"So this is the big bad android that has Kakarott so worried? You're pathetic. I could annihilate you in my sleep," Vegeta boasted. He floated to the ground, which was probably the biggest mistake of his life.
Cell, who followed Vegeta's movements, happened to see Android Eighteen, who was leaning out to see the fight. A huge smirk came to his face as he thought of a plan to defeat Vegeta.
"Well, Vegeta, I know how you saiya-jins always enjoy a good fight so I'll make a deal with you." Seeing that he held the prince's interest, Cell continued. "Allow me to search for and absorb Android Eighteen. Then, I will be much more powerful and can give you a better fight."
Vegeta contemplated the idea deeply.
'Hmm...this could prove interesting. I haven't really gotten to test the improved power I got from training in that baka chamber. Besides, he can't possibly get that much stronger than me.'
"Very well, then. You have caught my interest. Go find the android and absorb her; then come back. Now leave before I change my mind and don't disappoint me."
Cell smirked and flew towards were he saw Android Eighteen. Before he could get there, though, he was stopped by a white booted foot to his face. He turned and saw Mirai Trunks standing there with a scowl on.
"You may be able to fool my father, but I won't let you get past me and absorb the android. I know that if you do, you'll be stronger than my father and I. I would never forgive myself if I let that happen."
"VEGETA! This wasn't part of the deal!" Cell shouted up at Vegeta.
"I don't recall agreeing to not allowing my son to stop you," Vegeta smirked. "However, I want to see what power you shall get by absorbing the other android. Mirai brat, get out of the way or I'll make you."
"No way, father. I've lost you once before and I won't lose you again. I just know that doing this is a bad idea and won't allow it."
"Fine. Be that way."
With that, Vegeta charged at Trunks and punched him in the stomach. Trunks, having yet to power up to super saiyan, got hit full force. Vegeta then made a quick chop to his neck, knocking Trunks out cold.
"There. The brat is out cold. Now go get your android so I can finish you and be done with it."
Cell quickly left towards the android. He found her easily and flew in front of her.
"Well, hello Eighteen. How good it is to see you. Just make this easier on both of us and give yourself to me."
"No way. You killed my brother. I won't join you in your sick conquest for power." Cell got an evil smirk on his face as he got an idea.
"But I'm not dead," Cell said using Seventeen's voice. "I'm just a part of a stronger being. Just join us, sis. It's obvious that we were meant to be part of Cell to create the strongest being to ever live. It was Dr. Gero's dream and now, we can accomplish all our goals."
"I'm not buying it, Cell. I know my brother. He would never accept help for anything like this; he would have rather died than be absorbed by the likes of you."
Eighteen shot a blast of ki at Cell's stomach and fled the scene. Only a moment later, she was hit down by a fist from Cell.
"My dear Android Eighteen. You just don't understand that you can't beat me. I'm much stronger than you'll ever be. I WILL absorb you one way or another."
Cell flew at Eighteen and started to beat the daylights out of her. He wanted to guarantee that she wouldn't be able to fight back once he started trying to absorb her. Several minutes later, Cell decided she had had enough and sent his tail out to absorb her. The tip of his tail opened into a funnel-like shape and went down over the android's head.
Being just about unconscious, there was nothing Android Eighteen could really do about it. Eighteen's body disappeared completely into Cell's tail and Cell once again started to transform.
His body became less bulky. His face became white with a yellow line around the edge of it. His body changed into a brighter green, but retained the black spots. His hands also turned white.
"Ah. So this is the feeling of perfection. Amazing," the newly transformed Cell stated. Cell stared at his hands, clenching them into fists and unclenching them as though he were a baby who just discovered his hands.
Vegeta started to get impatient with Cell and flew straight at him. Vegeta kicked Cell hard in the neck.
Cell just continued to stand there, adoring his new body and all the power that came with it. His body didn't even move when Vegeta kicked him.
Vegeta flew back infuriated. He clenched his hands and let out a huge roar, reigniting his flaring golden aura. Vegeta increased his power to his maximum and then flew straight at Cell. He started throwing flurries of punches and kicks at the android, hitting every time.
Cell once again just stood there looking at his body. He finally felt a little insect, as he felt it, assaulting him. Deciding to do something about it, as it was rather irritating, Cell swatted Vegeta into a nearby cliff [4]
Vegeta was back up quickly and figured it was time to end this. Vegeta floated off the ground and about fifty feet in the air, while Cell just stared at him impassively.
Vegeta spread his arms out as far as they would reach, as well as his feet and fingers. Lightning started dancing across his body as he charged his massive energy blast. Several moments later, Vegeta brought his arms in front of him and cupped his hands. The lightning started striking in between his hands, forming an energy ball. Several minutes later, the attack was ready.
"FINAL FLASH!!!!" Vegeta bellowed.
The massive blast of energy flew at Cell. Realizing it was stronger than originally though, Cell raised his arm to block the attack. Vegeta's attack proved too much and the blast hit the android, causing a massive explosion.
When the area was clear of the remains of Vegeta's attack, Cell was still floating there, but missing his legs.
"HA! I told you I could still defeat you, you insolent pest. You are no match for Vegeta, Prince of the Saiyans," Vegeta boasted. Cell smirked back up at him. After concentrating for a moment, Cell sprouted new legs. He wiped off the green slime on them and now looked as though he had never even been fighting.
Cell flew up to Vegeta and punched him in the gut, and then slammed his foot down on the back of Vegeta's head. Vegeta fell to the ground and went unconscious as soon as he hit the rocks.
Trunks slowly came too, and didn't recognize a thing about where he was, except for the rocks, he was used to those. He saw a green being standing there, and when he felt his energy, realized that Cell had gotten to Android Eighteen and absorbed her.
Trunks crawled to his feet, which alerted Cell of his guest. Cell smirked at Mirai before turning around and waiting. He figured that he would be mad about how he attacked his father.
Just as Cell believed, Mirai's eyes went straight to the unconscious form of his father. His hair immediately spiked up and golden while his eyes went turquoise. Mirai floated into the air as his power continued to swell. His muscles grew to well over three times their original size while his eyes and hair got a bit darker. Cell smirked slightly, and then shook his head at the boy's foolish actions; he would have to teach him the hard way.
Mirai took off at Cell to avenge his father. Mirai threw a punch at Cell's head then a kick at his stomach. Cell easily avoided the blows. Mirai launched a quick ki blast that Cell knocked away with some difficulty.
Trunks went back on the attack with flurries of punches and kicks. All his attacks, however, were simply dodged by Cell. Seeing that it had worked last time, Trunks threw another blast of energy at Cell. The blast hit Cell and knocked his arm off.
Mirai grinned at his accomplishment, only to be shocked moments later as Cell regrew the missing appendage. Cell twisted the arm twice, and then flew at Mirai. All of Cell's punches and kicks connected with a part of Trunks's body. Trunks just took the beating, but couldn't understand what was wrong.
'I just don't get it,' he thought. 'I'm clearly stronger than Cell, unless he can fight with energy that he isn't showing, which I know he can't. How can I be losing to him? I should be owning him, yet he's still winning. This doesn't make any sense. Did I miscalculate something?'
"Why... can't... I... beat...you?" Trunks finally managed to ask. "I'm... clearly stronger... than you."
"You're stronger than me, but you won't win." Cell smirked and said nothing else.
'That doesn't make any sense,' Mirai thought, 'I'm stronger than him, yet he's positive that he'll still defeat me. Where is the connection? Is he just trying to psyche me out?'
Mirai, infuriated by the lack of response, kept throwing out more punches and kicks at Cell with more ferocity than before, but he still couldn't hit the android. And with the lack of hitting Cell, the more Trunks's anger increased. His anger was starting to make him attack in pathetic patterns that a four year old could figure out easily enough. Cell stopped it and decided to humor the boy.
"Do you want to know why you can't beat me?" Cell inquired, as though he just thought of the idea.
"Of course I want to know you bastard," Trunks spat out.
"Very well. Let's try this the easy way. I could bulk myself up as you did also if I wanted to." To prove his point, Cell balled his hands into fists. His body's muscles bulged to nearly four times the original size. He smirked before allowing his body to retract to normal.
"The problem you don't see is that while you have more power than me, I still have more speed than you. You sacrifice too much speed in that form of yours to gain power. You'd have a better chance of beating me in your other form."
Trunks, mostly out of shocked, dropped out of his powered up state to regular super saiyan. He was in a daze; obviously confused as to how he couldn't have seen that sooner.
Cell decided to end this and flew at Trunks. Cell punched him in the stomach, and then brought his fist up and into the bottom of Trunks's jaw. While Mirai was on his upward journey, Cell fired several energy blasts at the young super saiyan.
Trunks fell to the ground and dropped out of super saiyan; his lavender hair falling into a bowl shape around his head. Cell was about to kill him, when he thought of a brilliant plan.
"I'm intrigued how you got so strong so fast. The other day, you could barely keep up with one of the androids."
"I won't tell you a thing."
"Tell me, if I gave you the chance, could you get stronger?"
"Possibly."
"Interesting. Well, I've become intrigued. I'll start a competition between the best fighters this planet has to offer and me. The martial arts tournament shall be held in ten days. I'll provide you with more information on the television as I decide. Go back to your friends and prepare. If you win, then you can kill me. Otherwise, it's the Earth that goes."
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[1] Think of the wind scar from Inuyasha whenever he hits it with the Tetsuiga (?)
[2] Vegeta survived long enough in my Mirai timeline that some of his cells were gathered.
[3] Androids Seventeen and Eighteen went back to Gero's lab after defeating the group and found him lying around so they released him.
[4] Has anyone else notice how all fights always happen in rocky, mountainous areas with infinite cliffs?
Hope that the training was sufficient; I used over three pages on it.
Okay, I heard that a SSJ Goku can't use Kaio Ken and was wondering if that was true.
I wanted to apologize for missing last weeks update as I was at a friend's house and have been spending a lot of time on a forum. The people there have been keeping me busy making it harder to write. Curse you! Just kidding, I love you guy and girls
FinalSaber- I can make them cheaper if you want; I could make Gohan figure out how to move his energy into the opponent's body and explode it on his/her ki source or always freeze his enemies then beat them into a pulp (don't worry, I won't. That would be too boring). I'm trying to make him have them, but still seeming quazi-fair.
Luna's Meow- You have to remember that he doesn't have cells from Frieza or King Cold either. You also have to take into account that my Mirai Gohan that Gero got cells off of was stronger. And I never said that he didn't get Vegeta's cells *grins evilly*.
Mystical Marik- You have to remember that Piccolo spent more time around a saiyan-like Gohan, so some of the attitude rubbed off.
lGreen-Lanternl- Yes, I'll throw him into the action.
Ash- You bastard. You took the idea right out of my head.
Marshmellow13Dragon- Yes, Cell got some of the stronger cells from Gohan. I'll try and show more of the training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, but I find that training is the most boring part of typing in the stories.
Disclaimer: For Pete's sake, I don't own DBZ (who's Pete?)
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If I could be any animal, it would be a bird. Not for the whole flying around thing, but for the being able to crap wherever you want thing.
Chapter 14
Gohan followed his dad and Piccolo into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. The first thing he saw was the sleeping area. It had two beds, one on each side, with curtains around them, the ripped one obviously housed Vegeta. The kitchen area was off to the right; he'd better take the bed near there so that Goku wouldn't eat it all. The bathroom was on the left and the exit to the training area was right in front of them.
Gohan walked up to the stairs and stared wide-eyed at the white expanse in front of him. The entire area was white; there was no sign of color there whatsoever. After taking a couple steps off the platform, Gohan felt an increase in the gravity, not that it hindered him at all.
'So this is the Hyperbolic Time Chamber? You'd think it would look more extravagant than this. I don't see why dad had to continuously warn me about not traveling too far in, I can just sense where his energy signal is coming from and get back here. Oh well, a year of training without worrying about having to study; just what I need.' Gohan thought, running a hand through his golden hair. He was definitely looking forward to this experience.
"Hey! C'mon Piccolo, let's spar! I bet you can't beat me anymore," Gohan challenged. Piccolo smirked and shrugged off his cape and turban before following Gohan into the training area.
'Gohan isn't taking this seriously,' Goku thought. 'He just sees this as a great opportunity to train and get stronger; he won't listen to my advice. Sometimes, I swear that he's more like Vegeta's son than mine; heck, he's more like Vegeta's son than Trunks is.'
Gohan returned his hair and eyes to black; he didn't want to beat Piccolo too easily, he needed a good workout to get stronger.
Piccolo took off at Gohan with a ki-infused fist. Gohan hit Piccolo's arm away and buried his other fist in the Namek's stomach. He then grabbed Piccolo's arm and roundhouse kicked the Namek away.
As soon as Piccolo was standing up again, Gohan charged at him fist first. Piccolo looked at him oddly before putting up a defense. When Gohan was less than three inches from Piccolo, he stopped his charge, dropped to the ground, and knocked the Namekian warrior's legs out from underneath him, causing him to trip to the ground.
Gohan, deciding that this wouldn't be anywhere near a challenge for him, split himself into three and had two of them join Piccolo in attacking him. Piccolo and the two Gohan clones threw flurries of punches and kicks at Gohan from all around him. Gohan only spent his time dodging the attacks, as he couldn't attack without giving up his defense.
Gohan made a rapid increase in his power level, causing winds to pick up that knocked his opponents away from him. Using his brief advantage, Gohan grabbed on of the other Gohans and slammed him into the third. He thrust his elbow back to hit Piccolo in the stomach again, and then swinging the fist over his shoulder and punching Piccolo in the chest.
He threw both fists forward and unleashed blasts of energy at his clones. Gohan then jumped up and over Piccolo, who had charged at him. Gohan landed and looked at Piccolo and the others of his multiform. He held his arm up and fired a blast away from all three of them. They stared in confusion until they saw an orange figure hit the ground a distance away.
"If you wanted to join us dad, you could have just asked," Gohan stated. Goku grinned sheepishly at his son before erupting into super saiyan and charging. Gohan started dodging the attacks as best as he could, but it didn't take long to see that he would need to power up also to stand a chance. He knew that he wouldn't be given the chance so he made it. Gohan sent out a blast of his mental energy, which knocked Goku away from him. Gohan then released a brief shout and his hair spiked golden again. The other two Gohan clones followed suit.
All four charged at Gohan and threw beams of ki at him. Gohan redirected all of the energy attacks above him at each other. They exploded on each other and caused a heavy amount of smoke to appear. Gohan masked his energy and, using the fog as some cover, charged at one of the Gohans and knocked him unconscious.
The smoke cleared, and Piccolo, Goku, and the Gohan clone were standing in a line. All three of them charged straight at Gohan with fists raised. Gohan pulled his hands to his side, and turned his body to the right while still facing the oncoming assault, as though holding a baseball bat.
Forest green energy gathered at his fists then erupted upwards. It stopped after two feet and formed a blade of energy. Gohan swung his blade at the three, sending green streaks of energy at them [1]. Gohan plunged the sword into the remaining Gohan clone then pulled up, slicing him in two.
Goku charged at his son and threw a blast of energy at him. Gohan easily knocked the blast back at Goku, who dodged it. Piccolo, however, wasn't so lucky and was hit and knocked unconscious.
Goku and Gohan started fighting as fast as Goku could; now that Piccolo was out of the way. Gohan once again created some duplicates of himself and had them attack him. This time, Gohan was actually having difficulty keeping up with the three saiyans.
Gohan's luck was about to come through for him. Unlike himself, Goku was new to the whole holding onto super saiyan powers and thus, can't hold onto it for very long. This proved the case as Goku's hair and eyes changed to black, just before Gohan hit him in the stomach sending him to the ground. Gohan halted himself and the other two Gohans to move Goku onto a bed before continuing.
Gohan had his clones remove their weighted training clothes before resuming the fighting. The Gohan clones started beating on Gohan, since they were minus about twenty tons total in weight. Gohan was managing to hold them off, somewhat.
Gohan picked himself up from the ground. He took off his weighted wristbands and, seeing the clones charging him, threw them each at a clone. The clones easily dodged them and sent energy blasts at Gohan so he couldn't remove the other weights.
The fight was now semi-fair. Gohan could move his arms fast enough to evade or block most of the attacks unleashed upon him.
All three Gohans were tiring of the hard workout they had been doing, but none of them showed it. Gohan quickly created his energy blade, the other ones doing likewise. They all charged at each other and started slashing around at each other all over.
They kept attacking each other like such for fifteen minutes with no hits until Gohan finally struck one of his clones in two. Gohan, who had had to fight off two people instead of one, was more tired than his clone, but had enough to continue the fight.
The two went at it with their energy blades again, attacking only to have their blows parried each time. Gohan threw his energy blade at the clone only for him to slice it in half. When the clone looked back up, he saw a huge stream of yellow energy flowing at him. It was too close for him to dodge and he had nowhere near enough power to stop it. The blast consumed him and left nothing remaining.
Gohan remerged with all of his clones that were still in one piece before falling to the ground of exhaustion. He pulled out his senzu beans and ate one, causing all his injuries to heal and returning his power to its regular level. Gohan materialized a fresh gi and went to meditate.
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Vegeta had left the lookout moments after exiting the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to go defeat the entity known as Cell. He was so caught up in thoughts of the fight ahead, that he didn't realize that Mirai Trunks was tailing him. Not that he would care what he does.
Vegeta found the green grasshopper floating over the ocean calling out to Android Eighteen. Had he not been saiyan, Vegeta would have been disgusted with what he saw. Cell looked as though he hadn't changed too much. His hands now had five fingers each and he had boots on his feet. Cell was definitely much bulkier than his previous form.
To get his attention, Vegeta fired a weak blast of ki at Cell.
"Hey, android!" Vegeta called. "Why don't you come and fight me? I'll be more than happy to give you a fight."
"Very well, Vegeta [2]. You'll have to suffice until Eighteen comes out of hiding."
Cell and Vegeta flew down to the ground on a nearby island, which, coincidentally, was the island Android Eighteen was hiding on.
"What does Vegeta think he's doing? He could barely stand up to my brother or I when we fought and Cell is stronger than us," she commented.
"Perhaps Vegeta has found a way to get stronger faster," another android commented.
Eighteen looked at the android quizzically, but remembered that he never really explained anything. He had red hair and black eyes. This android wore a black spandex suit under green armor that covered his chest and shoulders.
"Do you really think that's possible, Sixteen [3]?" Android Eighteen asked.
"We are unaware of Vegeta's activity in the past twenty five hours. Anything could have happened."
Eighteen nodded. Android Sixteen was the one with the best "brains" of the androids. Plus, he could have done something to get immensely strong quickly.
Vegeta launched into an attack as soon as Cell landed. He flared into super saiyan on his way to Cell. Vegeta started throwing punches all over the grasshopper-like android and all of his attacks hit. Cell tried his best to avoid the blows, but was too slow.
Vegeta slammed his elbow into Cell's face and then swung his fist downwards and into Cell's stomach. He then kicked Cell in the side sending him soaring to the ground.
Cell was up quickly and threw an energy blast at Vegeta. The blast was easily knocked aside before Cell was seen flying back to the ground after attempting to sneak an attack in on Vegeta.
Cell got up again and was back on Vegeta, throwing flurries of punches and kicks trying to hit Vegeta, who easily moved around the assaults. Vegeta kneed him in the stomach then floated back some.
"So this is the big bad android that has Kakarott so worried? You're pathetic. I could annihilate you in my sleep," Vegeta boasted. He floated to the ground, which was probably the biggest mistake of his life.
Cell, who followed Vegeta's movements, happened to see Android Eighteen, who was leaning out to see the fight. A huge smirk came to his face as he thought of a plan to defeat Vegeta.
"Well, Vegeta, I know how you saiya-jins always enjoy a good fight so I'll make a deal with you." Seeing that he held the prince's interest, Cell continued. "Allow me to search for and absorb Android Eighteen. Then, I will be much more powerful and can give you a better fight."
Vegeta contemplated the idea deeply.
'Hmm...this could prove interesting. I haven't really gotten to test the improved power I got from training in that baka chamber. Besides, he can't possibly get that much stronger than me.'
"Very well, then. You have caught my interest. Go find the android and absorb her; then come back. Now leave before I change my mind and don't disappoint me."
Cell smirked and flew towards were he saw Android Eighteen. Before he could get there, though, he was stopped by a white booted foot to his face. He turned and saw Mirai Trunks standing there with a scowl on.
"You may be able to fool my father, but I won't let you get past me and absorb the android. I know that if you do, you'll be stronger than my father and I. I would never forgive myself if I let that happen."
"VEGETA! This wasn't part of the deal!" Cell shouted up at Vegeta.
"I don't recall agreeing to not allowing my son to stop you," Vegeta smirked. "However, I want to see what power you shall get by absorbing the other android. Mirai brat, get out of the way or I'll make you."
"No way, father. I've lost you once before and I won't lose you again. I just know that doing this is a bad idea and won't allow it."
"Fine. Be that way."
With that, Vegeta charged at Trunks and punched him in the stomach. Trunks, having yet to power up to super saiyan, got hit full force. Vegeta then made a quick chop to his neck, knocking Trunks out cold.
"There. The brat is out cold. Now go get your android so I can finish you and be done with it."
Cell quickly left towards the android. He found her easily and flew in front of her.
"Well, hello Eighteen. How good it is to see you. Just make this easier on both of us and give yourself to me."
"No way. You killed my brother. I won't join you in your sick conquest for power." Cell got an evil smirk on his face as he got an idea.
"But I'm not dead," Cell said using Seventeen's voice. "I'm just a part of a stronger being. Just join us, sis. It's obvious that we were meant to be part of Cell to create the strongest being to ever live. It was Dr. Gero's dream and now, we can accomplish all our goals."
"I'm not buying it, Cell. I know my brother. He would never accept help for anything like this; he would have rather died than be absorbed by the likes of you."
Eighteen shot a blast of ki at Cell's stomach and fled the scene. Only a moment later, she was hit down by a fist from Cell.
"My dear Android Eighteen. You just don't understand that you can't beat me. I'm much stronger than you'll ever be. I WILL absorb you one way or another."
Cell flew at Eighteen and started to beat the daylights out of her. He wanted to guarantee that she wouldn't be able to fight back once he started trying to absorb her. Several minutes later, Cell decided she had had enough and sent his tail out to absorb her. The tip of his tail opened into a funnel-like shape and went down over the android's head.
Being just about unconscious, there was nothing Android Eighteen could really do about it. Eighteen's body disappeared completely into Cell's tail and Cell once again started to transform.
His body became less bulky. His face became white with a yellow line around the edge of it. His body changed into a brighter green, but retained the black spots. His hands also turned white.
"Ah. So this is the feeling of perfection. Amazing," the newly transformed Cell stated. Cell stared at his hands, clenching them into fists and unclenching them as though he were a baby who just discovered his hands.
Vegeta started to get impatient with Cell and flew straight at him. Vegeta kicked Cell hard in the neck.
Cell just continued to stand there, adoring his new body and all the power that came with it. His body didn't even move when Vegeta kicked him.
Vegeta flew back infuriated. He clenched his hands and let out a huge roar, reigniting his flaring golden aura. Vegeta increased his power to his maximum and then flew straight at Cell. He started throwing flurries of punches and kicks at the android, hitting every time.
Cell once again just stood there looking at his body. He finally felt a little insect, as he felt it, assaulting him. Deciding to do something about it, as it was rather irritating, Cell swatted Vegeta into a nearby cliff [4]
Vegeta was back up quickly and figured it was time to end this. Vegeta floated off the ground and about fifty feet in the air, while Cell just stared at him impassively.
Vegeta spread his arms out as far as they would reach, as well as his feet and fingers. Lightning started dancing across his body as he charged his massive energy blast. Several moments later, Vegeta brought his arms in front of him and cupped his hands. The lightning started striking in between his hands, forming an energy ball. Several minutes later, the attack was ready.
"FINAL FLASH!!!!" Vegeta bellowed.
The massive blast of energy flew at Cell. Realizing it was stronger than originally though, Cell raised his arm to block the attack. Vegeta's attack proved too much and the blast hit the android, causing a massive explosion.
When the area was clear of the remains of Vegeta's attack, Cell was still floating there, but missing his legs.
"HA! I told you I could still defeat you, you insolent pest. You are no match for Vegeta, Prince of the Saiyans," Vegeta boasted. Cell smirked back up at him. After concentrating for a moment, Cell sprouted new legs. He wiped off the green slime on them and now looked as though he had never even been fighting.
Cell flew up to Vegeta and punched him in the gut, and then slammed his foot down on the back of Vegeta's head. Vegeta fell to the ground and went unconscious as soon as he hit the rocks.
Trunks slowly came too, and didn't recognize a thing about where he was, except for the rocks, he was used to those. He saw a green being standing there, and when he felt his energy, realized that Cell had gotten to Android Eighteen and absorbed her.
Trunks crawled to his feet, which alerted Cell of his guest. Cell smirked at Mirai before turning around and waiting. He figured that he would be mad about how he attacked his father.
Just as Cell believed, Mirai's eyes went straight to the unconscious form of his father. His hair immediately spiked up and golden while his eyes went turquoise. Mirai floated into the air as his power continued to swell. His muscles grew to well over three times their original size while his eyes and hair got a bit darker. Cell smirked slightly, and then shook his head at the boy's foolish actions; he would have to teach him the hard way.
Mirai took off at Cell to avenge his father. Mirai threw a punch at Cell's head then a kick at his stomach. Cell easily avoided the blows. Mirai launched a quick ki blast that Cell knocked away with some difficulty.
Trunks went back on the attack with flurries of punches and kicks. All his attacks, however, were simply dodged by Cell. Seeing that it had worked last time, Trunks threw another blast of energy at Cell. The blast hit Cell and knocked his arm off.
Mirai grinned at his accomplishment, only to be shocked moments later as Cell regrew the missing appendage. Cell twisted the arm twice, and then flew at Mirai. All of Cell's punches and kicks connected with a part of Trunks's body. Trunks just took the beating, but couldn't understand what was wrong.
'I just don't get it,' he thought. 'I'm clearly stronger than Cell, unless he can fight with energy that he isn't showing, which I know he can't. How can I be losing to him? I should be owning him, yet he's still winning. This doesn't make any sense. Did I miscalculate something?'
"Why... can't... I... beat...you?" Trunks finally managed to ask. "I'm... clearly stronger... than you."
"You're stronger than me, but you won't win." Cell smirked and said nothing else.
'That doesn't make any sense,' Mirai thought, 'I'm stronger than him, yet he's positive that he'll still defeat me. Where is the connection? Is he just trying to psyche me out?'
Mirai, infuriated by the lack of response, kept throwing out more punches and kicks at Cell with more ferocity than before, but he still couldn't hit the android. And with the lack of hitting Cell, the more Trunks's anger increased. His anger was starting to make him attack in pathetic patterns that a four year old could figure out easily enough. Cell stopped it and decided to humor the boy.
"Do you want to know why you can't beat me?" Cell inquired, as though he just thought of the idea.
"Of course I want to know you bastard," Trunks spat out.
"Very well. Let's try this the easy way. I could bulk myself up as you did also if I wanted to." To prove his point, Cell balled his hands into fists. His body's muscles bulged to nearly four times the original size. He smirked before allowing his body to retract to normal.
"The problem you don't see is that while you have more power than me, I still have more speed than you. You sacrifice too much speed in that form of yours to gain power. You'd have a better chance of beating me in your other form."
Trunks, mostly out of shocked, dropped out of his powered up state to regular super saiyan. He was in a daze; obviously confused as to how he couldn't have seen that sooner.
Cell decided to end this and flew at Trunks. Cell punched him in the stomach, and then brought his fist up and into the bottom of Trunks's jaw. While Mirai was on his upward journey, Cell fired several energy blasts at the young super saiyan.
Trunks fell to the ground and dropped out of super saiyan; his lavender hair falling into a bowl shape around his head. Cell was about to kill him, when he thought of a brilliant plan.
"I'm intrigued how you got so strong so fast. The other day, you could barely keep up with one of the androids."
"I won't tell you a thing."
"Tell me, if I gave you the chance, could you get stronger?"
"Possibly."
"Interesting. Well, I've become intrigued. I'll start a competition between the best fighters this planet has to offer and me. The martial arts tournament shall be held in ten days. I'll provide you with more information on the television as I decide. Go back to your friends and prepare. If you win, then you can kill me. Otherwise, it's the Earth that goes."
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[1] Think of the wind scar from Inuyasha whenever he hits it with the Tetsuiga (?)
[2] Vegeta survived long enough in my Mirai timeline that some of his cells were gathered.
[3] Androids Seventeen and Eighteen went back to Gero's lab after defeating the group and found him lying around so they released him.
[4] Has anyone else notice how all fights always happen in rocky, mountainous areas with infinite cliffs?
Hope that the training was sufficient; I used over three pages on it.
Okay, I heard that a SSJ Goku can't use Kaio Ken and was wondering if that was true.
I wanted to apologize for missing last weeks update as I was at a friend's house and have been spending a lot of time on a forum. The people there have been keeping me busy making it harder to write. Curse you! Just kidding, I love you guy and girls