"Dragonball AS: Ultimate Cell Saga"

Chapter 73- "An Old Friend"

By- Tiny

As the battles raged across the small blue planet called Earth, a small blur began to appear in the sky just over the northern regions of the planet, distorting everything around it. The small blur eventually turned into a large, gaping void as the sky seemingly opened up to allow whatever was on the other end of this void to come through. It didn't have to wait very long, as almost immediately a dark, shady figured burst out of the void and into the clear blue sky all around.

The figure was really a rather tall man, at least middle-aged even though he didn't look any older than his early thirties. He was dressed in a pair of black gi pants, the tanktop over his chest equally as dark, tied down with a yellow belt and a matching pair of boots. Over all this he wore a long, purple trenchcoat which had begun to fade and fray at the edges, the clear signs of years of wear-and-tear, and a large, sheathed sword slung over his back.

The man's physical characteristics were a bit of an oddity as well, his going halfway down his back in silky, straight, lavender locks that gleamed in the sunlight overhead. A large, jagged scar to go along with those under his clothes came just down the side of the man's face, showing he had seen some action in whatever period he came from. What really would have grabbed most people, however, was the twitching lavender tail that waved anxiously behind this man, sticking up out of the trenchcoat.

Whoever this Saiya-jin was, he immediately looked down at a band on his wrist, checking the exact coordinates and time he had shown up in, satisfied that he had gotten the right time period. The man stretched out his senses all across the planet, seeking out someone in particular as he scanned all the largest energy signatures across the entire world. He soon came to a sudden stop, however, as his blue eyes lit up in horror, then narrowed in a look that would've made Satan himself cringe with fear.

"Cell," the man snarled, flaring his aura, "I should've known..."

In a flash of golden light, the man shot off into the distance towards a certain bio-android, anger and malice radiating like crazy off of his aura as he made his way across the oceans. The man moved with the steely resolve of a man on a mission, as though he had expected this to happen as he bolted across the planet narrow-mindedly pursuing his target.

"I'm coming for you, you bastard!" the man growled, "You aren't going to destroy this time again!"

Trunks flung his sword clean through the body of Death just as Goten extended the nyoi-bo through Malice's chest, killing both Sin's instantaneously while the others eight looked on in amusement. Destroyer had clearly grown massively stronger, his aura pulsating with power all around the ruined city, but the other seven fighters were hard to get a reading on. Pride certainly didn't look disturbed as the two Saiya-jin completely obliterated the two deceased Sin's in a powerful burst of energy, glaring at those who remained with nothing but contempt.

"Two down, eight to go," Trunks smirked, "Any takers?"

"Allow me to deal with these monkeys, my lord!" Destroyer spoke up, "I owe them for what they did to me back on Yardratsei!"

"Forgetting about us?" a new voice called out, causing the wind to pick up as some people landed, "I'm hurt!"

"Yeah, you'd think that he'd remember to include us in the fun!" another male voice chuckled, "Too bad, now we'll have to punish him..."

Destroyer growled in frustration as the wind died down, the dust that had been kicked up dying down to reveal a few new figures standing just in front of the two Saiya-jin. Three were clearly Super Human's, although their hair was like a white version of the Super Saiya-jin three and the fact that a long, white tail was waving out behind them as though it had a mind of it's own. Destroyer recognized two of them immediately as Yugin and Bonzar, the humans who had aided in his destruction, though the other human was unknown to him.

Of the other three arrivals, two were Saiya-jin females fully charged at the LSSJ level, one with crimson fur and the other with a sea-green colored fur to match her flowing hair. Destroyer did not remember these two women, but recognized their energy signatures from way back, as well as the man with them. He was a rather tall, dark skinned man with deep red hair, the color of blood, but something was different about this man. He wore no shirt but had on a black trenchcoat and had two long, black horns jutting up out of his forehead, accented by two yellow demonic eyes that glared out at the Sins.

"The six of you should not interfere in this," Goten grumbled, "Trunks and I can take these goons without any assistance!"

"Oh, c'mon Goten!" Ubuu grinned, his yellow eyes gleaming, "I was hoping to take the big mouth out this time. You got him back in space..."

"This isn't about who killed who and when!" Goten snapped, "They all need to be taken out and we need to get it taken care of as soon as possible."

"Then that's easy to settle," Pride smirked, unsheathing his blade, "There are eight of you and eight of us. We will take one of you apiece, though in then end only eight will remain standing! I want to take the purple one, you can divide the rest up as you see fit, but he is mine!"

"Then let's get this party started," Trunks smirked, pointing his sword at the confident Sin, "I just hope you're prepared to die...slowly..."

Pride snarled, baring his white teeth at the Saiya-jin prince just before launching himself at the boy, bringing his sword down to meet the Saiya-jin's with a resounding clang. Almost as if on cue the other eight warriors bolted after the remaining warriors, each splitting off against a different partner, the energy output from the initial blows turning the ruins into a wasteland.

One of the two most important and super-powered battles in the history of the Earth had begun...

Turles flipped up next to Gohan, glaring at the bio-android as he began moving in towards them again, his eyes gleaming in triumph as the pure-blood Saiya-jin wiped his mouth off. He had been doing rather well against Cell at first, even getting in a few good blows before he could get attacked himself, but that had been put to a stop almost as soon as it began. Now they both remained at the LSSJ level, unable to power up further due to the strain on their bodies, as the bio-android came in for the kill.

"Amazing how such powerful warriors can be so absolutely pitiful!" Cell chuckled, "A shame you had to return from the depths of Hell only to be sent back before you could redeem yourself, Turles!"

"I'm not done yet, bastard!" Turles growled, rising to his full height, "I am a Saiya-jin warrior, a member of the greatest fighting race in the universe! I will not allow myself to be beaten by some freak of nature!"

"We'll see about that, Saiya-jin," Cell smirked, drawing his fists back, "Now won't we?"

Turles looked about ready to reengage in the verbal spat but was cut short when Cell blurred out of sight, reappearing below Turles just in time to drive a super-charged fist right into his stomach. The Saiya-jin spewed blood as he doubled over in pain, clutching at his stomach as the torturous agony spread throughout his entire being. Gohan jumped in to try and aid his distant relative, only to get slapped away by the bio-android as though he was nothing.

Cell, content that Gohan wouldn't be back any time soon, continued to beat around on Turles, taking great pride in the Saiya-jin's suffering as his body was rocked with pain. The bio-android lifted his foot to stomp down on Turles' already damaged stomach, anxious to see another fine spray of blood shoot out of his mouth, when something strange happened. A booted foot embedded itself in Cell's middle, knocking the bio-android back several feet before he finally came to a halt and got a good look at the attacker.

He was the same man who had come out of the rift earlier, only now he had lost the coverings on the top of his body and replaced them with a covering of soft white fur and flowing, silver locks of hair. Cold blue eyes were still what glared out at the bio-android, almost as sharp and piercing as the large blade resting motionlessly on his shoulders. Both Cell and Gohan looked shocked at seeing this new arrival, their jaws nearly hitting the ground, as the man smirked and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Good to see you remember me, Cell," the man chuckled, "I knew when I sensed something wrong in this time that you were somehow behind it. Nice to known that my senses aren't going crazy."

"You!" Cell growled, narrowing his gaze, "It can't be!"

"Oh, but it can," the man grinned, pushing his silver aura out all around himself and the others, "The Trunks of the future has returned..."

NEXT TIME: As the showdown with Pride and his minions becomes a little more even, the battle with Cell takes a slight turn for the better with the return of the powerful Mirai no Trunks! Will the Saiya-jin from the future be able to at least hold off this monstrosity where his allies could not, or is he simply tempting fate by interfering? And more importantly, where are Goku and the other Z fighters while all this is going on? Find out in the next installment of Dragonball AS!!!!!!!!