Super Saiyan Aftermath
Chapter 14 Race for Super Power
After the discovery that Gohan was the strongest, everyone involved at the time, Goku, Vegeta, and Cable set out on a training quest. They just had to be able to beat Gohan, the upsetter. Goku and Vegeta both had the same idea, ascend Super Saiyan Five. Cable on the other hand, chose to follow this new path he discovered. Cable flew off in one direction, as did the others. Cable flew as fast and far as he possibly could, until he couldn't sense anyone.
"This should do it. I'll have ample time to train peacefully." Cable said, powering into the first form of Super Saiyan. As he neared its maximum, he felt the side path, a different state of mind. He chose to go for it. He felt him lose cares of anything but fighting. His power was far above Super Saiyan Two, nearing three in this state, but he didn't transform, he only changed to fighting only, making him a better fighter with less care or less boundaries for his power. This power is incredible! Cable thought, delving deeper into this way of thinking, powering up at the same time.
With a resounding crack of lightning, Cable's hair slowly grew another few inches. His armor became tighter as he increased in size. His hair turned from gold to a white color, with his aura following closely. When he opened his eyes, his pupils were a different color, fire red. His wild aura flared up into the sky, reaching several hundred feet into the air. From a distance it looked like a pillar of light, reaching towards the heavens. Cable could tell he was much stronger now, several time stronger than his Super Saiyan Three. His mind knew that he was the strongest for now, but he knew Goku and Vegeta weren't far behind. That didn't matter to him, none of it mattered.
It felt as though only minutes had passed, when in fact it had been closer to a day. Cable's new power was incredible, and the others felt it, no distance was too far to feel it, even those in Hell could feel it. Cable now needed to come up with a new style of fighting to cover his new strengths. He was faster than he was before, noticeably so, but his strength is what had really changed. He needed to change from pure ability to a hybrid fighting style. So for the next few days, he trained, never tiring, never hungry. All that mattered was winning, rising to the challenge and pass with flying colors.
Goku had been training for days in the Afterlife Hyperbolic Time Chamber. With its intense gravity and temperature fluctuations, Goku continued to gain power. He hadn't found another transformation, yet. But he trained for all he was worth, becoming stronger and faster than before. He would undoubtedly beat the old Vegeta, but he knew better than that, for Vegeta was training too.
Vegeta was in his gravity room, far away from everyone else. Vegeta on the other hand did reach a new level. The humiliation in the ring fueled his desire to reach it. His Super Saiyan Five was deviously strong. His new level hadn't changed his appearance much, altering his muscle size, making him look smaller. His hair shrunk back to normal, but was now a darker gold. His eyes remained the same turquoise color they were before, but the big difference was his power. He was far stronger than Gohan now, that much he knew, but Goku was another issue, although he didn't have Vegeta's burning desire.
After several months in the time chamber, Goku finally reached a new level. Although it was far differently achieved. He used Tien's Split body technique, except altered to where Goku could conceivably stay split forever, and as the powers increased differently, become different people. Once both of his halves reached Super Saiyan Five, the Gokus tried to fuse again, but couldn't due to the power difference, one had kept training while the other slept, apparently it had the fighter's spirit. To solve the problem, Goku used the Portrara earrings! The concluding figure of the fusion was possibly the strongest fighter yet.
--Hell--
A figure blurred about the place, destroying the ogre guards. Once he finished with them, he set off looking for, Super 17. With nobody to stop him, Cell had been training for all these years, pushing his body to its limits every day, until he passed out. By the time he felt he was ready for revenge, all of Earth's heroes had died, and so did the planet, but neither species of human or Saiyan passed on, so Cell decided he could seek vengeance by eliminating both. As he suspected, the android was beating other inmates, as he did when he was bored. Cell snuck up behind him, power masked completely, extending his tail into the pitcher shape and snagged the android. 17 struggled, but could do nothing against the reinforced Cell.
Cell remembered the how great the power felt, but this time, it was overloading him. Cell passed out while his body stretched and rearranged. All of the rumbling finally stopped as Cell became a new creature. He stayed about the same height, but his muscles bulged, and his skin tone on his face and hands lightened up to more of a human skin tone. The rest of his skin became more of an armor than skin, becoming thicker and harder. Cell's deeply calculating mind, even unconscious was precisely aware of his power gain. It added up the power levels, tracking the most recent one he felt, a new Saiyan. Cell knew he was still a ways away from gaining that kind of power, and he needed to gain it fast, the Saiyans were ever increasing in strength.
--Afterlife--
Gohan puzzled over the three powers he felt, one through dimensions, the other two quite a distance away. This posed a threat to his reign as the strongest. Gohan knew they would come back for a rematch, and he would lose. There was no way to beat these people now. He should have trained a little bit. But there would've been no point, he was destined to be in the shadows of the elders. I am still a Hero! I deserve all the recognition they do! Gohan mustered his thoughts together, making him angry.
Cable finally decided to power down. He had to hide what he found till need be. Training full bore for several days increased his base strength, so by all logic, his Super Saiyan forms would be stronger. Good enough to beat down Gohan without strategy.
"Gohan we want to fight you!" A younger demi Saiyan spat.
"Two on one? You'll still lose."
"No, as one!" Both Goten and Trunks growled in unison. "Fuuu-shunn-HA!" the two boys moved in an even more ridiculous pose than before, merging into one body.
"All I have to do to win is wait a half hour. HA!" Gohan shined.
"Wrong." the split voice said."This is a different fusion, it lasts for hours."
--Hell--
"Cell, you big oaf, wake up. We have a proposition for you." a devilish green man smiled in Cell's face.
"What is it?"
"My father and I can increase your power exponentially, and tear the bond into the upper Afterlife, which will also lead to Life. But you must kill the Saiyans as you pass through."
"What sort of trickery is this? If you're lying, and you probably are, I will smash you."
"Fine." The green men conversed momentarily, then both began chanting. Again Cell fell forward, but this time his muscles bulged and the veins stood out. Cell brought all his power to bare, on all fours. Suddenly his head jerked back and he screamed a violent scream. He writhed on the ground for a few moments, before standing up, head downcast.
"Well that's the first part, gentlemen." Cell looked up, a black "M" gleaming on his forehead.
--Afterlife--
Goku, Vegeta, and Cable all converged on the fight between Gotenks and Gohan. Gohan had the upper hand, but barely. Apparently the younger ones were training too. That must be all there is to do up here. Gohan was about to finish the spar, when the earth around them exploded violently, leaving a black void. An evil aura rose out of it, making all of them cringe. The familiar power that drifted very slowly upward was immediately recognized by the three that fought him.
"Don't look too shocked, I am merely here to make you not exist." A condescending voice piped.
"Ha, Cell. You can't defeat any one of us, even in your Majin state. Even Gotenks here could beat you!" Goku spat. Hmm..It seems that idiot is right. Well I can still get stronger now. Cell thought darkly.
"Solar Flare!" Cell shouted mischievously. Blinding the less experienced to that move, Gotenks and Cable both forgot to sense for his power. Before anyone could react, Cell was at Gotenks, Pitcher shaped tail over his head.
"GOTEN!"
"TRUNKS!" Vegeta and Goku yelled in unison. Both powered up a blast but couldn't fire. It was too late. Gotenks was absorbed. Goku rushed forward in a blind fury, punching and kicking the monster while it transformed. Goku stopped his barrage and floated in front of Cell's face.
"KAMEHAMAEHA!" Goku screamed, slamming all of his energy forward, into Cell's face. As the white aurora faded, Cell floated, grinning, unfazed. Goku, nonplussed, exploded into a ball of energy, forcing Cell to squint ever so slightly. Goku's Super Saiyan Five was still stronger than Cell, just barely. Vegeta too exploded violently in rage. Ascended Super Saiyan Five landed just short of the fused Goku's. Cable jumped into his first form, which was below Gohan's strength, but still powerful.
Cell seeing that he had made a mistake on absorbing a weaker opponent made twelve after-images. Cell phased behind Goku and slammed his tail down, absorbing the now strongest of the bunch. Cell's body shook violently, sending out raw energy in every direction, forcing his after-images to dissipate. Vegeta gaped at what had just happened, while Cable and Gohan screamed out in horror.
"I've done it! I'm the strongest! You will all be smashed into oblivion!!" Cell boasted. Something's wrong! I didn't get all that much power out of Goku. How could he bluff like that? Cell thought deeply.
--Inside Cell--
The Super Saiyan Five Goku fell through Cell's expanse rapidly. But before the body could hit, the Saiyan split in two, the Portrara cracking and exploding. The split Goku's remained Super Saiyan Five, but weren't nearly as strong.
--Afterlife--
"Well, which of you peons will die first? Gohan! You will. Then Vegeta for meddling, then Cable for being here." Gohan rushed Cell, powering a ball of energy in his hand. As he expected, Cell phased away. Gohan shifted the ball inside him, powering his elbow for a charged hit, and threw it backwards, slamming into Cell's face. As everyone looked on in horror, Cell grabbed Gohan's arm and flung him with vicious speed at the ground. Following closely, close to the point of passing him, when Gohan threw a Ki blast at Cell, causing him to swerve off course. Gohan slammed into the ground with a grin, then masked his powers.
"Too bad!" Cell said as he fired rapid blasts into the mountain Gohan was in, tracking him. Gohan's scream was heard as his buffeted body flew out of the ground and spiraled downward, crashing into the ground and sliding for several yards, dislocating his shoulder. As the demi Saiyan looked up, Cell fired a piercing beam at Gohan's heart. Cell watched intently as the small beam was stopped in its place. It then turned around and ripped through Cell, turning in midair and making another pass through Cell. It continued its destructive tour until Cell forced a barrier outward, stopping it dead.
"Which of you fools did that?!?!" Cell bellowed. Cable flew towards Cell slowly, coming face to face with the tall monster. As they stared each other down, Cable pushed a ball of Ki into Cell's belly and sending him into the mountain side.
"Gohan, get out of here. Train for our rematch!" Cable grinned. Gohan stood shakily and nodded. He limply ran off the field, continuing on, until he was almost out of sight, then with a sudden jarring, the ground where Gohan was exploded. Cable jerked his head sideways to see if it was Cell.
Indeed it was. Cell grinned menacingly towards the tower of pain emoted from Gohan's former location. "Pop goes the weasel!" Cell laughed manically. "Now you Vegeta!" The ascended Super Saiyan Five was beyond angry. Before Cell could make it all the way to him, Vegeta let loose with all of his energy, a Final Flash. The massive beam forced Cable to dive outward, away from the explosion. Cable turned to see the end result.
A beam seared through Vegeta's blast, into his chest and through the other side. Vegeta's face became that of shock as he reverted all the way, and flew what seemed lifelessly and eternally slow. Cable couldn't stand it. Tears streamed down his cheeks. His Heros were dead. They ceased to exist.
"You will pay for that. I will make you pay. There's no reason for me to hold back. You've killed honorable men. Men of Valor. Not even death can save you from me! HHHAAAAA!!" Cable screamed, emotionally. His hair became white with his aura, pushing out more and more power. He reached new form, tagged Legendary Super Saiyan. "Endgame."