The tension between the two warriors grew, with each passing second. Neither Link nor Cell dared to make the first move. They knew a futile move could cost them dearly. Though Cell didn't really care about make a fatal move with Link as his competitor; Link was not powerful enough to cause any damage Cell would regret.

But Cell knew now that Link was full of surprises. Link had been killed many times before and yet, to a shock, Link arose and withstood another round of Cell on slaughter. Cell could picture Link just coming back for more and to a point where Link will be stronger from all that wasted energy Cell dished out.

Link on the other hand, had every reason to be concerned, but did not show his fear. Link always held his composure in any battle, where it looked like the odds were ultimately stacked against him. Link gripped the master sword in his hand, the sword that always proves it might and inhale calmly.

Goku and the Z gang watched restlessly as the two warriors stood stiffer then statues. For most of then Z gang, they understood the first move was usually a bold or stupid one, but then there those that just hate watching and waiting.

'Dude, this bites…' Yamcha yawned, stretching his arms above his head as he sat on a nearby rock.

Yamcha lowered his arms and sighed, resting his left elbow on his knee to support is sleepily head. 'Someone make a move already!' Yamcha shouted out to both Link and Cell. Nothing happen. Not even a stir. Yamcha again sighed and rested his head in his hands.

'Yamcha, you know how serious this is…' Krillin began to say, sitting down next to the bored hotheaded man. 'Link can't make any mistakes, or he'll die…'

'We'll die from boredom, if this keeps up!' Yamcha interrupted, shouting so the two fighters could clearly hear him.

'Yamcha cool it!' Tien said harshly, staring over his shoulder to both Krillin and Yamcha. 'You're not helping, man' Yamcha grunt, lying backwards so he could stare up at the sky.

'Whatever…just till me when it starts'
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Link expression wasn't changed. He still had that angry clam look about his face. He knew not to get cocky for any reason. But he knew, starring at Cell with that big grin plastid on the monsters face, he could figure two things: Cell had something planed or Cell wasn't afraid of him.

Link sighed and just kept his focus.

'I know your not careless Cell' Link thought. 'If you were, you would have attack by now. Don't under estimate me Cell…I'll haven't warmed up yet'

'There is nothing you can do Link' Cell thought, already predicting the outcome to this battle. 'You may have changed your look and powered up but that all you can do! I am elite and your just some two-bit scum! A scum I will gladly dispose of!'
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There came another gust of wind that swept between the arena's canyons and mountain range. From the pervious battle against the Cell Jrs. the Z gang had to face, was the mountain that they fought on. The mountain was riddle with lose rock and stones. The gust of wind swept passed a group of rocks overseeing the battle. The rocks swayed, titled and then fall. The rock didn't take long to the ground, but the silence that surrounded Cell and Link, anyone could have heard it smash.
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SMASH
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As some sort of signal, both fighters narrowed their eyes. Both fighters, at the same time charged each other, both screaming as they made their way to each other.

Link lost that calm collective expression as he charged Cell. Link's sword that he held with both, hands was by his right side. His eyes were narrowed and his mouth open, yelling and screaming as he ran.

Cell also changed his wicked grin. His eyes too narrowed like Link and his mouth also screaming. Cell was flying in the air, wings spread apart and arms bent into fists.

The distance between the two warriors closed and with a mighty scream from both fighters before their shoulders clashed into each other, trying to knock the other opponent down. The two hit with great force that it sent a shock wave around them. The shock wave ripped up chunks of rocks from the Earth like an energy blast does, moving through the ground.

Goku and the gang felt the wave pass by them. It was so strong that all, even Goku had to step back so as to stop falling. Yamcha fell off the rock and rolled around a couple of times before stopping. Yamcha stood up, firstly rubbing his head that he landed on and then ran back to the group.

'H-Hey!' Yamcha asked sounding suddenly frightened. 'What was that you guys?'

'The parties started, Yamcha' Tien said slyly.

'Would you look at them go!' Piccolo exclaimed, starring with his mouth open. 'It unbelievable!'

The group looked on with wondered and frightened faces. Over the terrain appeared smaller shock waves, like the ones Gohan and Cell produced when they were fighting overhead. They were very rapid and appeared almost as soon as another appeared. And they were spread out. The group was following the fight but found it hard to believe, and they didn't want to doubt it, but Link was keeping up and moving just as fast and maybe a bit faster then Cell.

'His just as fast!' Vegeta stated, his mouth slightly opened and his eyes just a bit wider.

'He did like Gohan! He increased his power without losing speed!' Trunks added, the words sounding familiar to him as he spoke them. But Trunks was like everyone else with their eyes and mouth opened, it was hard to believe Link was a bit faster then Cell, he was matching Gohan's ascended super saiyan speed.

'Link was able to increase his power to equal mine…' Goku whispered to himself. Goku and Gohan were the only two that seemed calm about Link's increasing speed. Their faces were normal and plan, as their eyes scanned the field. 'But his speed increased so much…almost like Gohan's'
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There came a sudden explosion. Not an explosion from a blast, but more of a punch. The shockwave caused a slight termor in the ground and an even bigger one, when something crushed into the ground.

'Who was it?' Krillin asked, moving to the front of the group.

One thing Krillin hated was being shorter then everyone else and not seeing the battle. But most times he took it as a blessing and didn't really care. Every time he wanted to see something, he ended up moving closer to the action and will then find himself in the middle of it. 'Was it Cell or Link?'

'Link…' Yamcha and Tien sighed, their faces now harden and frighten.

'Cell knock him down, dude!' Yamcha added, his arms shaking.

'And it was so fast…I couldn't see it happen!' Tien stated, sweat forming at his head.

'Oh man!' Krillin sighed. 'He better survive…I could only imagine what Cell will do next'
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Link smashed his fists through the rocks that covered him, in the new five-foot hole. Link rubbed his gold hair and then shook his head. He opened his eyes, his hard green eyes and stared up at Cell.

Cell just smiled, his arms folded and his wings spread out.

Link growled and stood up. He was still holding the master sword in hand, never letting go. Link, cacked his neck to the side and spat out a small amount of blood. After that, he wiped his mouth clean and then slowly floated up to Cell's level.

Cell watched Link, not moving his head but just fixed his eyes as Link came in front of him.

Link stood there in mid-air with blood on the side of his mouth a bit of blood on his forehead and the master sword in hand. His clothes weren't damage at all; his face was the main part taking the beating.

'So…Link. How much more of this are you willing to take?' Cell asked, with that grin again plastid on his face and his arms folded.

Link sighed and again cacked his head to the side.

'I guess this is round two…'
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Suddenly Link appeared directly in front of Cell. Cell opened his eyes in shock as the large gap suddenly closed. Link, with his left hand raised smacked Cell to the ground, just as fast and just as hard.

The group, beside Goku and Gohan went silent and dropped open their mouths.

'Did anyone see that happen?' Trunks asked.

'I don't know…' Tien gasped.

'I don't know either…was that Link who just hit Cell?' Piccolo asked.
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Cell arose from the ground, with rocks slightly covering his body. The hole was not as deep as the one that Cell sent Link in, but the point was that Cell was in the ground. In the ground from a hit from Link.

Cell rubbed his head and slowly arose to his feet; his eyes again fixed on Link who was just standing there, like Cell had when Link was embedded in the ground. Cell eyes narrowed and his mouth now turned into an angry frown.

'Argh! How… did he do that!' Cell asked angrily. Cell started grunting and growling. Cell bent his leg and tightened his fists. 'That's it!' Cell sped towards Link at full speed. Link saw Cell advance but did not flinch.

Cell bared his teeth and when the distance closed between Link and him, Cell went for a quick jab from his left hand to Link's face. The punch flew straight, but was deflected. Cell stared as everything slowed in front of him. Link had used his left arm to deflect Cell's jab (this is when things goes into slow motion) and from his deflection, Link's got into kind of a rotation and slowly spun around. Everything was happening so slow in Cell's eyes, expect Link who seemed to be going at normal speed. Cell could see Link's back and then, as Link was about to complete his spin, Cell saw Link's right hand, ready to strike one.

'ARGH!' Link screamed, letting fly his fists into Cell's face. Cell again went smack into the ground, in the same hole he just flew out of, causing the hole to deepen further.
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'This is crazy!' Vegeta scowled, sounding very jealous. 'Is it just me or is Link somehow getting faster!' The group behind him were all thinking the same thing. Vegeta just decide to take their thought out loud. Vegeta peered over his shoulder to the group, who either looking at him or still on Link. 'Well?'

'I would agree with you Vegeta…' Yamcha said slowly. Yamcha never agreed with Vegeta on anything, and if he did it was for the wrong reason. 'Link does seem to speed things up'

'I just don't get it' Tien stepped forward, till he stood behind Piccolo. 'Was it just Vegeta's or Goku's power that Link copied?'

'We don't know…but let just hope it does the job!' Piccolo said.
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Cell again crawled out of the ground that he was previously in and arose to his feet. Cell stood angrily, grunting and growling as Cell started to dust himself off and crack his neck. Cell raised his head and saw Link still hovering in the air.

'How did he do that!' Cell asked himself angrily, dusting his shoulder.

'Want to find out?'

Cell paused then slowly lowered his head, til he was face to face with Link. Cell stared at Link for a second then stared back up in the sky, where Link was. Nothing. Cell lowered his head again and…Link was gone.

'W-Where…did he go?' Cell again asked.

'Behind you…'

Cell spun around to confront Link with a ready attack fists but saw Link with his right foot reared back. Cell opened his eyes briefly in surprise just before Link high kicked Cell in the face. Cell's head pointed up to the sky from Link's kick and Cell's feet just slightly lifted off the ground. Link watched Cell lift off the ground, and then lowered his eyes to Cell's chest, that now came level with his head. Link smirked and gave a mighty blow to the gut.

Cell flew backwards, hitting the ground and then rolling around like someone hit by a car. Cell could have been heard screaming as his hands dug into the ground to stop him to a halt. Cell managed to get on his feet, with his hands dug into the dirt to break his movement backwards.

Cell stayed crouched with his hands in the dirt, he was muttering unclear words of anger and hate about Link that his whole body began to shake violently. Suddenly Cell jumped to his feet in rage. His arms shot down to his side and gave out a mighty roar. Cell suddenly burst into his super saiyan aura, powering up and speeding towards Link.

All Link saw was a dot flying from the horizon and then Cell appearing right in front of him, smashing Link in the gut. Link went down and coughed up some blood and salvia. Cell narrowed his eyes and then uppercut Link in the face, so that his body was straight and then spun kick Link in the chest.

From the kick came a quick flash and then someone crushing into the side of a nearby cliff. Cell touched his feet on the ground, bearing that big grin once again on his face.

'Honestly Link…' Cell began to say, dusting himself off once again. Cell started cracking his all finger bones and then thrust his bent arms to his side ready for a battle. 'Never let your guard down! I was impressed with that little show of strength, but remember…nothing you do will ever surprise me'

Just as Cell said that, a huge chuck of rock from the dust surrounding Link's impact crater, sped towards the monster. Cell saw the boulder and only smiled.

'Is that all you got!' Cell shouted, smashing the boulder with his right fist. The boulder shattered into smaller piece and began to scatter into different direction. 'Please…' Suddenly Link appeared in front of Cell, his body laying straight out flat as if he had flew there quickly. Link held his sword with both hands as he began to swipe at Cell.

Cell back off from the series of attack, narrowly evading each of Link's swipes. Cell tried for a couple of surprise attacks, but the sword was making Link's attacking distance further then Cell to for a close up attack. Link gave a few more swipes then went for a full spin around attack. Cell moved his head out of the way and just missed the blade. Link spun around and as Cell moved his head back into position Link stopped spinning, thrusting his hand in front of Cell's face.

'SURPRISE!' Link screamed, hosting a small energy blast into Cell face. Cell was sent fly backwards. The blast didn't explode, it wasn't meant to. Link only gathered a small amount of energy for a blast that was to keep Cell moving, distract him at most. That all it was.
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The blast had struck Cell in the face and held him. The blast kept flying along the terrain and dragged Cell with it. Cell's leg smashed into some upraised ground and left a trail as his feet dragged in the dirt. Cell grabbed at the blast in his hands and with a mighty, smothered roar destroyed the blast in his hands, some coming to a halt. Cell rubbed his face, seeing a small amount of blood on his hands and then growled. Cell threw his fist down and took a step forward…

'That it! You've gone and really pissed me…'

THUD

A sharp pain in his left leg and in his upper right shoulder suddenly interrupted Cell. Cell stared down at the two pained spots. There, sticking out of him were two arrows. Cell quickly came to terms from his last encounter with these arrows and tried to pull them out but once the arrows hit, the effects started. The one in his left leg started to freeze him and the one stuck in his shoulder began to burn him like liquid fire spreading.

Cell screamed as half of him was consumed by fire, covering his head, chest and arms while ice completely froze his lower half. Among the screaming, Cell could see Link walking towards him with a bow in hand and the master sword in its cover.

Link paused ten feet away from Cell, who couldn't move because of his legs frozen and he couldn't really attack with his head and arms on fire. Link gave a smirk and pointed at Cell, whom's upper half look like candle wax.

'I'm ending this now Cell! No more games! This is your end!' Link smiled and inhaled and exhaled deeply, putting away his bow and grabbing the master sword with both hands again.

'And I mean it!'