Disclaimer: I don't own any if the official anime characters or worlds.

However, I do own the ADI and the Blackhearted.

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UNITED WE STAND AS ONE

The War in West City

Li stepped out through the broken door of a nearly-obliterated building and walked towards Ami, who was just coming back from what was once a restaurant.

"Anything?" asked the young warlock.

"Nothing," replied the blue-haired school girl.

Trunks suddenly landed next to the two of them after having patrolled the city by air. Li and Ami looked at him expectantly, but the purple-haired warrior merely closed his eyes and shook his head.

"There isn't a single survivor in this part of the city," said Trunks.

"We've already covered most of the city," said Ami, "There's only one district left."

"Then let's hope we can find someone there," said Trunks, "I'll go on ahead and check it out." And with that, blue flames exploded around Trunks, engulfing his entire body, and he took off, leaving a trail of flames behind him.

"We really need to learn how to fly," said Li as he and Ami ran after the Z-Fighter.

* * *

Unknown to any of the three stone holders, they were being watched by several insect-like surveillance cameras. A small red light located on their undersides flashed at a steady rate as they transmitted the images to a hidden location in the mountains: Dr. Gero's ruined laboratory.

"Excellent. Those fools are heading straight to Capsule Corp. headquarters," said Cell as he stood in the remains of the great, but misguided, scientist's lab watching the glowing computer monitors. Each monitor was linked to each surveillance bug's hard drive, allowing the green-armored android to watch over the entire town of West City.

"Soon, they'll walk right into my trap," continued Cell, "And once they do, they will be in for a surprise." He turned his gaze over to another monitor, where the dim outline of a lone figure stood, ready to fight.

* * *

Yami Malik stood behind the dark altar watching the flame in the center of the pentagram engraved into the center. The cauldrons burned brightly as the light from their flames cast the silhouette of Diabolus onto the wall behind the ancient spirit.

"Cell has indeed come up with an ingenious plan. However, he is far too confident," said Yami Malik.

"Cell's own overconfidence shall be his downfall," replied Diabolus, "As long as he continues to believe himself as the most powerful being of his world, he will soon find that there will be others far stronger than him. And that discovery will strengthen the darkness within his heart until he is destroyed by his own hatred."

"What do you suggest, Lord Diabolus?" Yami Malik asked as he clutched the Millennium Rod tighter in his grasp.

"Leave him be," answered the dark lord, "Cell is expendable. If he should live, it will only be a stroke of luck. Wait for the right moment, Malik. Or you shall fall, too."

"Of course, Lord Diabolus," replied the spirit. The cauldron flames returned to their normal state as Diabolus left.

He is right, thought Yami Malik, If I am not careful, I too shall suffer a fate worse than the Shadow Realm. I must be cautious. He threw his cloak over his shoulder as he turned and left the chapel, returning to the chamber where the others waited.

"Anything?" asked Dr. Meda-Evil.

"Merely a warning to beware of the darkness within our own hearts," answered Yami Malik.

"Hmph! The darkness has no hold over us!" replied Cherubimon, "Rather, we can use it to fortify our forces!"

"Yes, the Blackhearted feed upon the darkness within hearts!" said Yami Bakura, "As long as the darkness is strong, so are they."

Don't be so overconfident, boomed Mewtwo's voice.

"Believe it or not, the darkness controls you. Not the other way around," said Riku as he and the holder of the Eye Stone entered the room.

"How does it go with the warrior of chaos?" asked Yami Bakura.

"Same as always," Riku replied casually.

"Anyway, what else have you three done?" asked Dr. Meda-Evil.

"Well, aside from getting him to do anything, not a whole lot out of the ordinary," answered the bearer of the Dark Keyblade, "other than the fact that we had a small problem during a jump to another world. Apparently, someone followed us. We had to drop him off at a random world on our way back. Ignoring that, you could say nothing else."

"Then we'll call you when you're needed again," said Yami Malik.

* * *

Zechs sat at a table reading. Taking a quick glance to the side, he could see that the figure on the balcony hadn't moved from his spot. In fact, he had been standing in that exact same location since the first day he had arrived. Zechs returned his attention to his book and looked up only once more when Riku and Mewtwo returned.

"Well?" asked the pilot.

We've been placed on standby, answered Mewtwo.

"So now all we do is wait until they want us to do something again," said Riku as he sat down. He grabbed a fruit from the bowl sitting in the center of the table and tossed it in his hand a bit.

"Standby is one of the many things to happen to an individual during times of great conflict." Everyone turned and looked towards the figure on the balcony.

"Hmph. A lot you know about fighting. You've never even set foot onto the battlefield," said Riku. He tossed the fruit into the air once again. A sharp sound rang out and a flash of silver moved through the air and Riku's fruit fell onto the table in bite-sized pieces.

A loud screech suddenly pierced through the air. Everyone looked outside and noticed a large flock of demonic birds approaching them. Apparently, the small bird that had been killed earlier was a baby and now the rest of the family came to avenge it.

The lone figure simply stood in his place. A green aura surrounded his body as he held out his hand. After silently muttering a few words, several bolts of lightning rained down on the flock and completely destroyed them.

"I take that back," said Riku.

Mewtwo and Zechs merely stood by and watched. It was rather surprising to them that one capable of such power would prefer to stay behind rather than engage onto the battlefield. Mewtwo assumed he was only conserving his energy.

"Don't underestimate the power of any being," said the figure.

Incredible. His power must be overwhelming of he could destroy that entire flock. And those creatures aren't easy to kill, thought Zechs.

* * *

Trunks, Li, and Ami soon reached Capsule Corp. headquarters. The area had been demolished and the building was in shambles. But for some reason, the domed structure still stood.

"Be on your guard," said Trunks as he drew his sword. Li followed suit and Ami followed them with her visor over her eyes and her computer in her hand. Together, three stone holders entered the Capsule Corp. building. The inside was clearly more than what the outside showed. Giant piles of rubble littered the floors. Furniture and appliances had been completely destroyed. Holes and hanging wires covered the ceiling. Near one corner, water was gushing out of a broken pipe.

"Looks pretty bad," Li commented as he looked around while keeping his sword ready.

"I'm not picking up any readings," said Ami. She tapped the keys on her computer for a bit.

"And I'm not sensing any energy levels, either," added Trunks.

"Is that good or bad?" asked Li.

"Depends. Knowing we're in my world and considering the last opponent we had to face, we can assume it's a bad thing," answered the purple-haired warrior.

"Dare I ask who the last opponent was?" asked Ami.

"His name is Cell, an android created by Dr. Gero," answered Trunks, "Dr. Gero wanted to create the ultimate fighting machine. So, he created a device that would gather cells from the strongest fighters, which would be used to create Cell. The cells that were gathered included those of Goku, Gohan, Tien, Piccolo, my father, and even Frieza."

"Seeing as I don't know who any of those guys are, I can't say anything," said Li.

Ami was about to say something, but she was cut off by the sudden appearance of a black-faced creature wearing Saiyan armor dropped down from the sky. Several more appeared on the buildings and jumped down, landing on either side of their comrade.

"Blackhearted!" Trunks grasped the hilt of his sword tightly as Li held an incantation between his right middle and index fingers while Ami positioned herself to launch a Mercury Aqua Rhapsody.

"What are these ones called?" asked Li.

"They're wearing armor similar to what my father wears," said Trunks, "But we'll figure it out later!" And with that, he dashed towards the Blackhearted and slashed at them wildly with his sword.

"ELEMENT FIRE! COME TO MY AID!" Li pressed the hilt of his sword against the incantation and a stream of flames burst from the magical parchment, burning several Blackhearted.

The remaining Blackhearted watched their fallen brethren die. They looked up at their opponents before launching themselves at them. Trunks quickly re-sheathed his sword and started blocking the punches being dealt by three of the deadly creatures. Li was dealing with two more while a whole bunch surrounded Ami.

"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!" The attack struck all the Blackhearted surrounding the Sailor Scout and destroyed them.

"There's not enough room to fight in here!" said Trunks as he punched a Blackhearted in the face, "We need to get outside!" And with those words said, he kicked the last Blackhearted away before retreating outside. Li and Ami followed with the world-destroying creatures behind them. But the Blackhearted were soon drawn out into the open where the fighting continued. Five of the minions surrounded Trunks and attacked him at once. On the ground, Li and Ami were faced with several of the new creatures plus a fairly large number of Soldiers.

"This is not good," muttered Li as he stabbed another Soldier in the insignia.

"There are too many!" exclaimed Ami.

"Isn't there something we can do to help us?" asked Li.

"Wait, there is!" replied Sailor Mercury, "MERCURY BUBBLE BLAST!" She dispersed her bubbles all over the area, covering it in a thick fog.

"Good call!" Li yelled. The young warlock took out a lightning incantation and shot several bolts into the fog.

Meanwhile, Trunks was still battling the five Blackhearted in the air. Frustrated, the teenaged Saiyan flew away from the wretched creatures to gain some distance.

"That does it." He held his hands out in front of his body and aimed at the oncoming minions. The Z-Fighter suddenly began to move his arms around in front of him rapidly, creating only a blur of motion. He stopped and double-checked to see if his attack would be aimed perfectly.

"BURNING ATTACK!" A ball of energy quickly built up in his hand and he fired a bright yellow beam at the Blackhearted, destroying them and causing everyone on the ground, including the Blackhearted down there, to look up.

"What was that?" asked Ami.

"Some sort of magic?" Li guess. He had absolutely no idea.

Golden flames suddenly surrounded Trunks' body as his eyes changed from cobalt blue to emerald green and his hair stood up on end and turned to a bright gold.

"Get out of the way!" shouted Super Saiyan Trunks as he aimed both hands downward.

"Don't need to tell us twice!" said Li as he and Ami ran. The Blackhearted tried to chase them down, but they didn't get far as SS Trunks released a barrage of ki blasts and destroyed them. When the smoke cleared, nothing remained of the dark creatures other than a scorched crater. Trunks landed in front of his partners and powered down, returning his eyes and hair to normal.

"What did you just do?" asked Ami.

"I transformed," replied Trunks, "I transformed into a Super Saiyan. I told you about my heritage before."

"I remember," said Li, "but you never mentioned the Super Saiyan bit."

"Well, we hadn't gotten that far yet," said Trunks, "A any rate, let's head back to Capsule Corp. There has to be reason that the Blackhearted attacked us while we were there. It's obvious that they're hiding or protecting something.

"Agreed," said Ami.

"You know what my answer is," said Li.

The three of them looked at each other and nodded. Together, they headed back to Capsule Corp. Upon their arrival, they decided to go around the building first before heading inside. Should they encounter more Blackhearted, they would be able to fight them easily, since they were already outside.

"The outside looks pretty clear," said Trunks.

An explosion suddenly erupted from inside the Capsule Corp. building. A lone figure shot out from the roof and flew high into the air. It hovered in the air for a while before making a dive towards the ground, streaking through the sky like a meteor. It made a few flips before landing on the ground. The sight of the figure made everyone's blood go cold.

"Frieza?" asked Trunks. The figure looked a bit like Frieza, but much more menacing and more male in appearance.

"I am not Frieza," said the figure, "I am his brother, Koola!" Koola stood up and exposed his true appearance. He was in his final form, which made him all the more menacing.

"This doesn't look good," said Li. Suddenly, several more Blackhearted appeared in the area. This time, however, they looked like black Cell Juniors with pitch-black faces. A few of the Saiyan armor-wearing Blackhearted also appeared, which Trunks had now come to mentally calling them Z-Destroyers.

"Definitely not good," added Trunks. He clenched his fists and quickly transformed before he, Li, and Ami faced Koola and the Black Cells and the Z-Destroyers.

Koola and his accompanying Blackhearted minion lifted off the ground and flew towards the stone holders. The older brother of Frieza thrust out his fist and caught Trunks in the chest.

"ELEMENT WIND!" shouted Li. Powerful winds blew from the incantation and surrounded the Black Cells, lifting them into the air. However, they stayed up there once the wind died down. Li just sweatdropped.

"I forgot that they could fly," he muttered.

"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!" Ami's attack hit several Z-Destroyers and obliterated them, only to have them replaced by more Z-Destroyers.

"This is going to be harder than we thought," said Li.

Meanwhile, Trunks was flying backwards trying to get away from Koola's viscous onslaught.

"Fight me, boy!" taunted the evil extraterrestrial.

Trunks tried to fight back, but Koola was much too fast and too powerful. The alien slowly began to put more force into his offensive assault.

"You're no match for me!" he said. Drawing back, he shot out his leg and kicked Trunks back. The young Saiyan flew back and crashed into a tower. Koola chuckled a bit before flying in to deal more damage. A fist suddenly connected with the right side of his face as Trunks burst from the rubble.

"You may be stronger than your brother, but you're still just about as overconfident as he was," said the Z-Fighter.

Koola, caught by surprise, staggered back for a bit. He was a little shocked, but that shock turned into rage as he glared up at Trunks.

"You will pay for that," he muttered. And with that, he fired a barrage of ki blasts from his hands. Trunks flew back and forth trying to evade each and every shot. His movements were so quick that he was in one place one moment and in another about a second later as though he were using teleportation.

"Stop running, you pathetic Saiyan!" growled Koola. Trunks suddenly appeared right in front of him with his hand outstretched. The evil alien had no time to react as Trunks immediately fired a powerful ki from his hand at point-blank range. The resulting explosion caused everyone to look up.

"That was Trunks, right?" asked Li.

"I think it was," said Ami.

The smoke cleared and Koola floated in the air battered and blackened. Trunks simply hovered a few feet in front of him. Not wanting to give his opponent a chance to move, he quickly powered up and prepared to fire another attack.

"EXTERMINATE DISCHARGE!" He launched the massive ki at Koola and it struck him with full force.

"Is it done?" asked Li.

"I'm not picking up anything," replied Ami as she scanned for anything with her computer. As the smoke cleared, the two of them could see Trunks still glowing with bright golden flames.

"He's okay!" exclaimed the magician. However, his facial expression changed when he looked through the other smoke cloud. Koola was still afloat. He was severely injured, but still alive and plenty capable of destruction.

"This ends now!" said Koola. He flew higher into the air and held his hand over his head and began to build a dark ball of energy.

"This isn't good," said Ami, "That ball has enough energy to destroy this world!"

"No way!" screamed Li.

"It's possible," said Trunks.

"Farewell!" said Koola as soon as the ball had gained enough energy, "DEATH BALL!" He prepared to throw the ball down, but something suddenly grabbed his arms. Turning, Koola could see two Z-Destroyers latched onto him.

"What are you doing? Attack them, not me!" ordered the evil alien as three Black Cells grabbed onto him, "Release me!"

"What's going on?" asked Li.

"It must be his heart," said Trunks, "Koola became so enraged that the darkness in his heart grew and now the Blackhearted are trying to claim it as their own."

Koola continued to try to fight off the Blackhearted, but the creatures were so large in numbers that it wasn't easy. The Death Ball dissipated as the evil being continued to fight them off. One of the Black Cells who was grabbing his torso held up a hand, which was glowing dark purple. In one sudden motion, it plunged it deep into Koola's chest. The diabolical alien grasped briefly in surprise and looked down in horror as he continued to fight off the Blackhearted. But his struggle was useless. A purple light burst from Koola's chest as the Black Cell pulled out its hand back out. In its palm, held in place by its fingers, was a glowing light. The light brightened and in a flash, it transformed into a heart – Koola's heart. The Blackhearted quickly leapt off their target onto the ground and looked at their prize. The Black Cell that had grabbed the heart tightened its grasp and extracted the darkness within it until nothing was left. The dark minions then nodded to each other and disappeared.

"This doesn't look good," said Trunks as he backed away from the now-heartless Koola. A black light slowly began to radiate from his body as he began to shrink. His body changed to pitch black, his horns and tail receded, and his limbs shortened. A short while later, Koola had finished his transformation. In his place was a Shadow, which fell straight towards the ground since Shadows were completely incapable of flight.

"That takes care of him," said Trunks as he landed and powered down, "But I still doubt that Koola was our enemy."

"We better contact ADI headquarters and see if they can give us anything," suggested Ami, "If you're right, then whoever his is must be stronger."

* * *

The ADI staff was busy doing inventory when the PHS rang.

"Someone get that!" called Otaku.

Richie was the closest. He slid down the ladder he was on, walked over to the PHS, and answered it.

"Anime Defense Initiative. Richie Williams speaking," he said into the receiver.

"Richie, it's Li," replied the young warlock, "We need something to help us on our mission. We think we might be fighting someone ultra-powerful, so we need help."

"I'll see what we can send over," said Richie before pressing the PHS against his body to muffle the sound, "Hey guys! What can we send to Li, Ami, and Trunks in West City?"

"Send them a summon gem!" said Otaku.

"I'm on it!" said Sora. He reached out with his hand and grabbed a passing rack, which he rode until he reached his destination. Releasing his grip, he landed and walked over to a vault. After unlocking three padlocks, putting in five combinations, and slashing his ID card through the reader, he pulled open the door and walked over to the second vault door. Removing his glove, he pressed his right hand against the sensor pad, opening the door to reveal a third one. He stepped over to the mic and spoke his name. The computer verified his voice and the door opened, revealing an energy shield. Just to the right of the shield was a lens. Sora looked into the lens as the computer scanned his retina. A green light lit up and the shield dropped. They Keyblade master entered the heavily secured room and removed a box from the wall. He unlocked it and opened the lid, revealing the ADI's three summon gems. He grabbed Saint Dragon, God of Osiris and placed the box back into its place before leaving the vault, remembering to close and lock everything on his way out.

"Saint Dragon of Osiris!" Sora called out. He placed it on a nearby item transporter and keyed in Li's ID number. He slapped his hand down on the red button and the summon gem was gone.

* * *

A flash of light appeared in Li's hand and upon inspection saw the bright red summon gem in his palm.

"They sent us a summon gem," said Li.

"Let's hope we can put it to good use," said Trunks, "But we won't use it yet."

Li put the summon gem away and the three stone holders continued their mission.

"You there!" a voice rang out. Trunks looked around but couldn't see anything. He looked again and he soon saw figure underneath a pile of rubble. He quickly ran over with Li and Ami not far behind. The soon reached the trapped figure, who turned out to be just a little boy.

"Hey, you're not one of them!" said the boy.

"Who are you?" asked Li.

"I'm…" the boy started, but he couldn't finish. The stone holders guessed that he was still at a very early age. The boy started crying and Ami tried to comfort him.

"What's wrong?" asked Li.

"It's…it's…Cell," the boy managed to force out, "He took both my parents and ate them!"

"I knew it," said Trunks, "Cell, you will pay for your crimes!"

* * *

Cell flew towards West City straight from Dr. Gero's lab. Since Koola had been destroyed, he knew that it as time to take matters into his own hands.

"I'll be ready for you, Trunks," said the evil android as he burst forward with an extra boost of energy.

* * *

"I see. So that's what happened," said Ami after she, Li, and Trunks finished hearing the boy's story.

"That's terrible," said Li as he leaned his back against what was once a wall. Apparently, hearing about how Cell used to absorb people via his tail struck a bit of fear in the young warlock.

"Look guys, it's obvious that we have to stop Cell. But now it's not just to save this world and end his reign of terror, but also to avenge all those who were killed by him. Including this kid's parents," said Trunks.

"But where are we going to find him?" asked Li, "We don't know what he looks like, so we don't even know where to start."

"Don't worry about finding him," said Trunks as he got up, "He'll find us."

Sure enough, the green black-spotted android arrived within a couple of hours. The young boy was so terrified by the presence of such a powerful weapon of destruction that he wet his pants. Li and Ami stood ready. Both of them were clearly amazed by their opponent. Cell stood almost at least two meters tall and his wings almost touched the ground.

"Cell," Trunks muttered.

"Good to see you again, Trunks," said Cell.

"Enough, Cell. You know why I'm here," said the teenaged Saiyan.

"You intend to destroy me. I'm afraid that won't be as easy as you think it will be," said the mighty android.

"We'll see in just a bit," Trunks shot back as he transformed. He took up his battle stance as Cell took up his own. The air seemed to thicken as the two combatants stood off against each other, staring into each other's eyes waiting for the other to make a move.

In a sudden flash, Trunks and Cell flew straight at each other and their fists collided with one another midway. Both fighters pushed each other away and flew back. Cell quickly crouched down and ground his hands and feet into the concrete street, slowing himself down. Trunks, on the other hand, stopped himself in mid air. He whipped out his sword and made another dash at Cell, who had just gotten up. The diabolical machine raised his arm and blocked Trunks' blow. Trunks swung again and Cell blocked a second time. The exchange of blows continued as the two of them slowly rose into the air.

Meanwhile, Li and Ami found themselves surrounded by Black Cells. Li stood ready with his sword in hand while Ami had her hand up in a guard position.

"ELEMENT FIRE!" shouted Li.

"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!" shouted Ami.

Together, the two attacks took out a good number of Blackhearted, but several more replaced them, mostly Shadows.

"Protect the kid!" Trunks called out to his allies. Li and Ami looked at each other and nodded. The Sailor Scout quickly ran over to where the young boy sat huddling in fear while Li tried to fend of the creatures of darkness.

"Is that boy really that important to you?" asked Cell. He quickly flew backwards to gain some distance and stood across from Trunks. The young Saiyan sensed that the evil android would try something, so he immediately sheathed his sword and stood ready.

And to Trunks' guess, he did. But to his surprise, it was a move that the Z-Fighter never expected the evil android to use so soon. Cell placed his hands in front of them and slowly drew them back.

"Kaaaaaa…"

Trunks' expression was now one filled with horror.

"Meeeeee…"

"Trunks, what's going on?" called Li.

"Get away from here!" shouted Trunks.

"Haaaaaa…"

"I'm picking up rapidly-increases power signatures!" said Ami as she typed on her computer. Looking up, she could see a ball of energy forming in Cell's hands.

"Meeeeee…"

"GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" Trunks yelled.

"Let's go!" said Li. He grabbed the boy and hoisted him onto his back before taking off with Ami not far behind him.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Cell thrust his arms forward and fired a powerful energy beam towards Trunks. The young Saiyan knew that he was faced with a dilemma. If he dodged the beam, it would destroy the world. If he tried to block it, there was a high chance that it would kill him. He decided that he'd rather risk his life than watch his world be destroyed. Gold flames surrounded his body as he powered up.

"Not this time, Cell!" he said, "EXTERMINATE DISCHARGE!" Launching the attack, his beam met with Cell's partway. The young warrior strained under the sheer power of Cell's beam as he tried to hold it back with his own.

"Don't bother," said Cell, "You can't win." And with that, he added more power to his beam, causing it to pull back Trunks'.

"I don't care if I die or not as long as you're stopped!" said Trunks as he tried to hold his own. He added some extra power to his attack and was able to push it forward some, but Cell simply increased the power of his own beam, causing it to push Trunks' back towards him.

"We need to do something," said Li, who had taken shelter in a seemingly intact building with Ami and the boy.

"But what can we do?" asked the boy, "We can't beat Cell!"

"Li, what about that summon gem?" suggested Ami.

"Of course!" the young magician suddenly realized. Reaching into his robes, he pulled out the red crystalline sphere and held it in both hand in front of his body. A light aura surrounded it as he slowly moved his hands from under it. The gem floated in the air as Li drew his sword and held it over his head with the blade pointed downward.

"Force, know my plight! Release the light! I summon SAINT DRAGON, THE GOD OF OSIRIS!" Li touched the tip of his sword to the summon gem and a bright red light shone out from the crystal.

Black clouds suddenly covered the sky despite the fact that the day so far had been completely cloudless. Thunder roared and lighting flashed as the clouds seemed to twist and turn.

"What's going on here?" asked Cell as he and Trunks continued to try to push back the other's beam.

A low growl could be heard coming from above. Slowly, a massive red dragon descended down from the clouds. Its body was long and winding like a snake's and a large pair of wings seemed to spread out from its back. A pair of arms seemed to break the snake illusion, each armed with sharp claws. The creature's head finally emerged. Covered with several horns with a blue gem set into the center of its head, the massive monster looked down at Cell with its piercing yellow eyes. Opening its lower mouth, it let out a mighty roar, revealing the countless number of teeth lining its jaws.

Li must have used the summon gem! Trunks realized. Even though his back was turned towards it, he knew that the mighty Egyptian god was right behind him and staring right at Cell.

"This better work," muttered Li, "Saint Dragon of Osiris, attack now!"

Osiris complied and opened it lower mouth. A bright ball of energy formed at the back of its throat and the massive red dragon unleashed its destructive Thunder Force. The beam smashed into Cell's and, along with Trunks' Exterminate Discharge, pushed it back into the diabolical android. Cell was clearly taken by surprise, not expecting such power, as he was engulfed in a bright light followed by an explosion.

"Looks like that takes care of Cell," said Li. Meanwhile, the boy slowly walked forward and stopped just beside him. He looked up and his eyes started to fill.

"Is he gone?" asked the boy. He looked around, but saw no sign of the evil artificial life form. A big smile formed onto his face and he started jumping up and down in happiness.

"I guess that's it," said Trunks.

Suddenly, a blur of green burst from the smoke cloud and a fist connected with Trunks' right cheek. Glancing over, he saw Cell floating just a short distance away with an angry look in his face.

"AHH! He's back!" screamed the boy, causing him to wet his pants a second time.

"You think you can defeat me?! I have been infused with the powers of the Blackhearted! I can't be defeated so easily!" boasted Cell.

"After that attack, he's still alive?!" gasped Li.

"How are we ever going to be able to defeat him?" asked Ami.

Li gritted his teeth as he clenched his fist.

"Bear spirit, come to my aid!" shouted the young magician. The Arbor Stone glowed brightly and the spirit of the green crystal emerged and roared almost immediately, it flew up towards Cell and slammed into him.

"AGH! The power of the Arbor Stone! I must destroy it!" said the evil android.

"I don't think so!" said Trunks. The Lunar Stone suddenly began to glow from around his neck, causing Cell to look towards him.

"No. Not you, too!" said the evil being. He backed away as the spirit of the Lunar Stone emerged. A seemingly white horse with a silver horn slowly stepped out and neighed. A small shower of feather flew out as it spread its magnificent white angel wings.

"What is that?" asked the boy.

"It looks like…Pegasus," said Ami, remembering back when she and the other Sailor Scouts fought Zirconia and Queen Nehelenia.

It's the spirit of the Lunar Stone, Pegasus, Trunks thought to himself.

Cell backed away as he looked around. Down below was Li with the Bear spirit of the Arbor Stone. In front of him was Trunks now with the Pegasus Spirit of the Lunar Stone. Looming over him was Saint Dragon, God of Osiris, who looked ready and just waiting to strike.

"It's over, Cell!" said Trunks, "ATTACK!"

"Bear!" The Bear spirit acknowledged Li's commanded and struck Cell with full force.

Saint Dragon, God of Osiris closed its lower jaws and opened his upper set. It fired a purple ball of fire at Cell and struck him with full force, severely weakening him. It then closed its mouth and reopened its lower one before unleashing another Thunder Force. The damage Cell was taking was incredible.

"I can't lose!" growled the android.

"Too late for that. You already have," said Trunks, "Pegasus, attack now!" The winged horse spirit spread out its wings and flew towards Cell. As it drew closer, a black ball of energy formed on the tip of its horn until it was about twenty times the size of a beach ball.

"GO FOR IT!" cheered the boy.

Pegasus reared back its head and neighed before launching the ball at Cell. The attack met its target and completely engulfed him.

"ARGH! Gravity…too…much! Can't take strain!" Cell's body began to buckle from the force of the black sphere that surrounded him. He floated to the ground, where the sphere continued to pull down on him with its powerful force of gravity.

"He can't take the strain for much longer," said Ami.

Slowly, but surely, Cell's body was slowly crushed by the gravitational force of the attack. Eventually, the gravity became so great that the sphere closed in on itself, creating a black hole, which swallowed Cell's remains, completing the diabolical android's destruction. Pegasus reared up on its hind legs and neighed. Its horn shone in the light and the black hole was sealed.

"Now that's an attack," Li said as he looked at the spot where Cell once was.

Trunks flew back down to the ground and landed. Closing his eyes, his hair changed back to purple and he reopened them, revealing his eyes to be blue once again.

"We've saved my world," said the young Saiyan, "Now we just have to find the key."

"You mean this?" The little boy lifted his shirt up a bit and pulled out a key, which he had wedged into the waistband of his pants. The key was shaped like a Z colored half-red, half-yellow.

"I found it when it somehow dropped from the sky," the boy continued.

"It must've come from Dende's lookout," Trunks guessed as he took the key. He pocketed the mystical object and turned to his allies. "Let's go."

"Thanks for helping us!" called out the boy as Trunks, Li, and Ami left. Trunks could only smile as they left the boy, and West City behind.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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NEXT TIME:

There's trouble on Tokyo-3. Just when things couldn't get any worse. Now Shinji must face his fears and overcome his cowardice in order to defeat this enemy. But will he and EVA-01 be able to defeat an Angel created by the Blackhearted?

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