Hey everyone, sorry this took so long, but school's starting so my time to
write has been reduced by a lot. I hope you like it...I do (not to brag).
I realized that I was a horrible person and forgot to thank Kida for being
a doll and telling my readers that my computer was being impossible. I'm
sorry Kida, but thank you soooooooooooooooooooo much, I cannot express how
much I love you for that. I owe you big.
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"Hey everyone let's go!" Goku yelled from the living room. The Z fighters, my mother and I were quickly outside and ready to go.
"Wait a minute, she's not coming, is she?" Vegeta said looking at me.
"Yeah I'm coming, deal with it," I snapped back.
"Really? And how will you get there?"
"I'll take her," Trunks said stepping beside me. I stuck my tongue out at Vegeta.
"You know, Joy, I think that Vegeta's right, you would proabably just get in the way." My mouth fell open, Goku was agreeing with Vegeta?
"Look," I started. "Unless you give me a very strong sleeping pill, hand-cuff me, blind-fold me, gag me, stuff me in a bullet-proof bag and put me in a high-security volt that opens only on voice command and is surrounded by trolls I'm coming."
"That can be arranged."
"Shut up Vegeta."
"Shut up both of you!" My mom yelled. "Goku, can Joy come or not?"
Goku thought about it for a few long seconds then finally nodded. "It would take too long to find trolls."
I laughed. "Thank you." Trunks then put his arms around my waist (did I mention that I love it when he does that?) and started to fly along with everyone else. "Nervous?" I asked him after a while.
"Is it that obvious?"
"Yes. Don't worry, I'm sure everyone else is too."
"Yeah, except Goku, Gohan and my father."
"No," I answered. "Gohan's nervous. And Goku is probably, too. As for Vegeta, well, you can never tell with him."
"How can you tell Goku and Gohan are nervous?"
"I've lived in the same room as Gohan for the past three years, plus he's my cousin. As for Goku, well, there's a very real chance that he may lose his family and friends here and he knows that."
"So why are you nervous, you probably won't fight?" he asked.
"Is it that obvious?"
"Well, you did say that everyone is nervous."
"I'm nervous for the same reason that Goku's nervous; I don't want to lose you guys." We were silent for the rest of the journey, and all too soon we had landed.
When we landed I looked around at the arena. It was well built, but I hated it. Cell had built to hurt and possibley kill my friends. Suddenly I realized how much danger they were all in, especially Goku and Gohan. 'I can't lose Gohan,' I thought. 'He's my cousin and my closest friend.' I felt tears start to come up in my eyes. I forced them away. The Z fighters would need a brave face from me and I was going to give it to them.
"HEY EVERYBODY!" we heard someone yell through a loud speaker behind us. We all turned around. "LET ME PRESENT TO THE BRAVE, THE HONEST, THE PROTECTOR, THE..." The voice continued on like this for probably several minutes, but I will spare you the annoyance of it all. Finally the voice said, "THE GREAT, THE ONE AND ONLY...HERCULE!" A man then walked forward and started doing muscle poses and just generally making a fool of himself. We all looked at each, rolled our eyes and tried, unsuccesfully not to laugh histerically. The man, Hurcule, aparently mistook our laughter for trembling in fear.
"Do not fear civilians, for I , the great, brave, true, (once again, I will spare you the minutes of torture) Hercule will defeat Cell after giving my students here a chance at him." Once again we couldn't hold back our laughter. We watched as Hercule and his students fought Cell and lost in less than a minute. Then it was Goku's turn. As he stepped up you could sense his excitement and our nervousness.
***
We watched in awe as Goku and Cell fought. None of us could believe how fast and strong they both were... none of us except Gohan who kept telling us that Goku wasn't using his full power. "That doesn't make any sense," I told him. "He needs his full power."
"I know, but he's not using all of it." But Goku kept fighting. There was an energy wave then another blast, then there was a destructo disc then a huge Kamehameha then a loud noise then silence...we all held our breath (except Gohan), hoping that the Kamehameha was from Goku...then the dust settled and we saw Goku, breathless, still in his fighting stance...Cell was gone. We were speechless.
"Wow," I breathed.
"He really did it," Krillin said. Then, as if it had just hit him, "He really did it!!" We all started cheering and jumping for joy at that moment...except maybe Vegeta. Then we ran forward to celebrate with Goku.
"What, a party and I wasn't invited?" We turned around to find ourselves face-to-face with...Cell. "Well, you can't celebrate yet, the fight's not over." I looked at Goku. There was no way that he had enough energy to do this again and I knew it and Goku knew it.
"Hey Cell, I'm going to forfeit."
"Then I get to kill you."
"Don't look so happy about it," I said under my breath, but Goku must have heard it because he gave me dirty look.
"Not if you want a true challenge," Goku said.
"Really? Who?"
"Let me talk to him first."
"Then I get to kill you."
"Only if you get through him." Cell looked unhappy about this, but he excepted anyway.
"I can wait a few more minutes to kill you." Cell then gave Goku 5 minutes to talk to us. We all huddled around.
"Who is it Goku?" Krillin asked right away.
Goku looked around the circle and his eyes landed on..."Gohan, you fight."
"What?!" Gohan exclaimed. Something told me that if Chi-Chi were here then Goku would end up with a bad head-ache...a very bad head-ache.
"Surely not Goku," Krillin argued.
Goku looked from Gohan to Krillin and back. "I'm afraid so. Gohan, you can beat him, I know you can."
"No, I can't... but you can, you were holding back."
"Let me ask you a question; when I was fighting, did you think that I was holding back because you were comparing your power level to mine?"
Gohan hesitated. "Yes...but that doesn't mean anything."
"Gohan, I wasn't holding back...you're just stronger than me. I've known that there was a huge power in you since you were little. Remember when Raditz came to earth and it looked like all hope was lost. Then you showed up and your power level reading was off the chart. But that's not the only time that that happened and you know it. All you have to do is harness that energy and you can defeat Cell, I know it."
Gohan suddenly found the ground very interesting. "No, I can't dad, I'm not strong enough."
"Yes, you are, Gohan," Goku insisted.
I stepped forward and knelt down in front of Gohan. "Gohan, you can do this." He didn't respond. "Gohan," he looked at me. "Believe me, I don't want you out there risking your neck. I don't want to lose you. You are my cousin and my closest friend and I don't know what I would do without you except fight with my mom more and give up on myself. But you are earth's last hope. If there was any other way, your dad would never have suggested this and the rest of us would be fighting against him for even thinking it... but this is the only way." He still seemed unconvinced. "Please Gohan, do this for me. Do this for your mom and your dad and your friends and all of the inhabitants of earth...please." I held my breath and I could sense the others doing the same.
Then a strange look came on Gohan's face, a look I had never seen and to tell you the truth it kind of freaked me out. He looked passed me, at Cell and the remnants of Android 16. Finally, he nodded. "I'll do my best." Then we all watched as Goku's son started to walk towards Cell...we all watched as our Gohan walked towards his potential doom. _____________________________________________________________ So, what'd ya think? Thankyou to all of my reviewers, please keep it up. I simpley must know what you think. I love you all.
GOD bless,
dopey
"Hey everyone let's go!" Goku yelled from the living room. The Z fighters, my mother and I were quickly outside and ready to go.
"Wait a minute, she's not coming, is she?" Vegeta said looking at me.
"Yeah I'm coming, deal with it," I snapped back.
"Really? And how will you get there?"
"I'll take her," Trunks said stepping beside me. I stuck my tongue out at Vegeta.
"You know, Joy, I think that Vegeta's right, you would proabably just get in the way." My mouth fell open, Goku was agreeing with Vegeta?
"Look," I started. "Unless you give me a very strong sleeping pill, hand-cuff me, blind-fold me, gag me, stuff me in a bullet-proof bag and put me in a high-security volt that opens only on voice command and is surrounded by trolls I'm coming."
"That can be arranged."
"Shut up Vegeta."
"Shut up both of you!" My mom yelled. "Goku, can Joy come or not?"
Goku thought about it for a few long seconds then finally nodded. "It would take too long to find trolls."
I laughed. "Thank you." Trunks then put his arms around my waist (did I mention that I love it when he does that?) and started to fly along with everyone else. "Nervous?" I asked him after a while.
"Is it that obvious?"
"Yes. Don't worry, I'm sure everyone else is too."
"Yeah, except Goku, Gohan and my father."
"No," I answered. "Gohan's nervous. And Goku is probably, too. As for Vegeta, well, you can never tell with him."
"How can you tell Goku and Gohan are nervous?"
"I've lived in the same room as Gohan for the past three years, plus he's my cousin. As for Goku, well, there's a very real chance that he may lose his family and friends here and he knows that."
"So why are you nervous, you probably won't fight?" he asked.
"Is it that obvious?"
"Well, you did say that everyone is nervous."
"I'm nervous for the same reason that Goku's nervous; I don't want to lose you guys." We were silent for the rest of the journey, and all too soon we had landed.
When we landed I looked around at the arena. It was well built, but I hated it. Cell had built to hurt and possibley kill my friends. Suddenly I realized how much danger they were all in, especially Goku and Gohan. 'I can't lose Gohan,' I thought. 'He's my cousin and my closest friend.' I felt tears start to come up in my eyes. I forced them away. The Z fighters would need a brave face from me and I was going to give it to them.
"HEY EVERYBODY!" we heard someone yell through a loud speaker behind us. We all turned around. "LET ME PRESENT TO THE BRAVE, THE HONEST, THE PROTECTOR, THE..." The voice continued on like this for probably several minutes, but I will spare you the annoyance of it all. Finally the voice said, "THE GREAT, THE ONE AND ONLY...HERCULE!" A man then walked forward and started doing muscle poses and just generally making a fool of himself. We all looked at each, rolled our eyes and tried, unsuccesfully not to laugh histerically. The man, Hurcule, aparently mistook our laughter for trembling in fear.
"Do not fear civilians, for I , the great, brave, true, (once again, I will spare you the minutes of torture) Hercule will defeat Cell after giving my students here a chance at him." Once again we couldn't hold back our laughter. We watched as Hercule and his students fought Cell and lost in less than a minute. Then it was Goku's turn. As he stepped up you could sense his excitement and our nervousness.
***
We watched in awe as Goku and Cell fought. None of us could believe how fast and strong they both were... none of us except Gohan who kept telling us that Goku wasn't using his full power. "That doesn't make any sense," I told him. "He needs his full power."
"I know, but he's not using all of it." But Goku kept fighting. There was an energy wave then another blast, then there was a destructo disc then a huge Kamehameha then a loud noise then silence...we all held our breath (except Gohan), hoping that the Kamehameha was from Goku...then the dust settled and we saw Goku, breathless, still in his fighting stance...Cell was gone. We were speechless.
"Wow," I breathed.
"He really did it," Krillin said. Then, as if it had just hit him, "He really did it!!" We all started cheering and jumping for joy at that moment...except maybe Vegeta. Then we ran forward to celebrate with Goku.
"What, a party and I wasn't invited?" We turned around to find ourselves face-to-face with...Cell. "Well, you can't celebrate yet, the fight's not over." I looked at Goku. There was no way that he had enough energy to do this again and I knew it and Goku knew it.
"Hey Cell, I'm going to forfeit."
"Then I get to kill you."
"Don't look so happy about it," I said under my breath, but Goku must have heard it because he gave me dirty look.
"Not if you want a true challenge," Goku said.
"Really? Who?"
"Let me talk to him first."
"Then I get to kill you."
"Only if you get through him." Cell looked unhappy about this, but he excepted anyway.
"I can wait a few more minutes to kill you." Cell then gave Goku 5 minutes to talk to us. We all huddled around.
"Who is it Goku?" Krillin asked right away.
Goku looked around the circle and his eyes landed on..."Gohan, you fight."
"What?!" Gohan exclaimed. Something told me that if Chi-Chi were here then Goku would end up with a bad head-ache...a very bad head-ache.
"Surely not Goku," Krillin argued.
Goku looked from Gohan to Krillin and back. "I'm afraid so. Gohan, you can beat him, I know you can."
"No, I can't... but you can, you were holding back."
"Let me ask you a question; when I was fighting, did you think that I was holding back because you were comparing your power level to mine?"
Gohan hesitated. "Yes...but that doesn't mean anything."
"Gohan, I wasn't holding back...you're just stronger than me. I've known that there was a huge power in you since you were little. Remember when Raditz came to earth and it looked like all hope was lost. Then you showed up and your power level reading was off the chart. But that's not the only time that that happened and you know it. All you have to do is harness that energy and you can defeat Cell, I know it."
Gohan suddenly found the ground very interesting. "No, I can't dad, I'm not strong enough."
"Yes, you are, Gohan," Goku insisted.
I stepped forward and knelt down in front of Gohan. "Gohan, you can do this." He didn't respond. "Gohan," he looked at me. "Believe me, I don't want you out there risking your neck. I don't want to lose you. You are my cousin and my closest friend and I don't know what I would do without you except fight with my mom more and give up on myself. But you are earth's last hope. If there was any other way, your dad would never have suggested this and the rest of us would be fighting against him for even thinking it... but this is the only way." He still seemed unconvinced. "Please Gohan, do this for me. Do this for your mom and your dad and your friends and all of the inhabitants of earth...please." I held my breath and I could sense the others doing the same.
Then a strange look came on Gohan's face, a look I had never seen and to tell you the truth it kind of freaked me out. He looked passed me, at Cell and the remnants of Android 16. Finally, he nodded. "I'll do my best." Then we all watched as Goku's son started to walk towards Cell...we all watched as our Gohan walked towards his potential doom. _____________________________________________________________ So, what'd ya think? Thankyou to all of my reviewers, please keep it up. I simpley must know what you think. I love you all.
GOD bless,
dopey