Gohan stared angrily at his foe. His power flowed from his body, rage filled him. Cell was going to die, and die painfully. He charged at the android. Cell couldn't react. The android got up, seconds before getting slammed back down. Gohan didn't give Cell room to breathe.

Goku stared as his son dominated a foe that he himself couldn't touch. At heart, he was immensely proud of his son, but the price was too great. Ichidou died so the rest of the planet could survive. He closed his eyes, trying to hide his pain. Piccolo was right, he should have never tried to get Gohan to fight in his stead.

Gohan knocked Cell into the ground, creating a crater in the ground. Cell flew up to meet Gohan, but the boy kicked him in the head, knocking him away again. Cell was standing up just long enough for Gohan to kick him in the face again. While everyone was cheering on the fight, Piccolo couldn't watch. He should have stopped Ichidou, he should have stopped him and did the job himself. Piccolo couldn't look on, he felt that he had failed Ichidou.

"You little!" Cell growled, trying to come at Gohan again. Gohan merely dodged his attack, and punched him in the face. The android fell back, his face was caved in. It took a few seconds for his head to regenerate. Cell came back for more, and Gohan responded by knocking him around. Gohan was beating Cell so viciously that even the Z fighters almost felt sorry for him. Gohan would blast an arm off, watch it grow back, blast a leg off, watch it regenerate, take his head off, watch it come back.

"Why doesn't he just kill him…" Piccolo asked no one in particular.

"I don't know…" Goku answered. "He won't kill him."

"Not that I feel sorry for the guy, but isn't this a bit extreme?" Krillen asked.

"I would never do that to an opponent, if I felt they needed to be taken out, I would just kill them. I don't believe in torture, not even when done to those that deserve it." Goku said.

"Cell killed Ichidou." Vegeta said. "Ichidou had just run down there to protect Gohan. Cell killed him. Didn't fight him, just killed him without any problems. Blew him into a mountain without any kind of warning. It wasn't an honorable victory." Vegeta's eyes were cold. "A foe that has no honor deserves none when dealt with."

Part of everyone agreed with him, of course. If you aren't better than your opponent, than how do you draw the line between who is good and who is evil? Everyone watching the fight agreed on one thing, Cell was being beaten worse than they had ever seen any one get beaten. Ichidou could get wished back, but Cell was now wishing he were in hell now…

Gohan knocked him into the sky, and blasted off one of his feet for good measure. Just his left foot, nothing else. "YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Cell yelled, looking at his now missing appendage. "I'm going to blow this planet into pieces!" He pulled his arms back. "THIS IS THE SUPREME KA-ME-HA-ME-HA!" Cell began the familiar chant. "KA…"

"GOHAN, BLAST HIM!" Goku shouted.

"ME…" Cell continued.

"Listen to your father, Gohan, destroy him, he can't block your attack!" Piccolo yelled.

"HA…" Cell said.

"You little idiot, kill him!" Vegeta shouted. Gohan still didn't move.

"ME…" Cell said.

"Come on, Gohan, blast him…" Krillen said.

"HA!" Cell yelled. He let the blast loose. The massive beam of ki came hurtling towards Gohan.

"Ka…" Gohan said, not moving, he was watching the blast come near him. "Me…" He said, still not moving. The blast filled up the sky, blinding everyone. "Ha…" Gohan's voice was barely above a whisper, as if he didn't want Cell to know he was preparing the attack. "Me…" He said, a little louder. The blast came within a few feet of the earth, Gohan couldn't even see Cell anymore.

"HAAA!" Gohan roared. He unleashed his kamehameha. It swelled over the size of even Cell's, and continued to push against the android's blast. Everyone stared as Gohan's kamehameha completely enveloped Cell's.

When the light faded, and everyone's eyes readjusted, the sight that awaited them shocked them. Cell was floating in mid air, but not all of him. Every part of him below the neck was completely destroyed. Cell's head was the only part of him left.

The head, without sufficient ki to support itself, hurtled towards the ground, and bounced along the rocky earth. It rolled along for a few feet, before it came to a complete stop. The others just stared. Gohan had nearly killed the android, even Krillen could muster enough ki to destroy what was left of him.

"Great job, Gohan, now kill him!" Goku said. "You've done it, son, just destroy him!" Everyone cheered. Gohan though, just stood there.

"What are you waiting for!" Piccolo said.

"His suffering isn't over…" Gohan whispered. "Death is too good for him…"

"Gohan, he can regenerate like I can, he's actually faster with it!" Piccolo shouted. "If you don't kill him, he'll be back to full strength!"

"What's your point, he can't beat me." Gohan said. He waited as Cell continued the agonizing, and disgusting, process of re-growing his body from the neck down. After a good five minutes, Cell was back on his feet.

"Cell…" Gohan said, staring down Cell with death in his eyes. "If you're going to call an attack the supreme kamehameha, you better make sure your opponent can't make a better one."

"I'm going to kill you for that." Cell said, glaring at the boy.

Suddenly, he felt a fist slam into his head. Gohan had flown past him, turned around, and was now punching him in the back of the head. The force from Gohan's punch was enough to twist Cell's head around completely. Cell was staring back at Gohan as he hit the ground with a thud.
It took a moment for Cell to wrench his head back around so it was facing the right direction. He almost wished he hadn't, because Gohan was standing there, waiting for him to turn back around. Cell then punched Gohan in the face. Gohan didn't even react, he just sort of smiled, and kicked Cell straight into the ground.

Cell pulled himself up, and saw Gohan staring him in the face. He fell back, afraid. Gohan glared at him, and Cell was scared. Gohan was tormenting him, torturing him, trying to get him to attack. Gohan slapped him, yes slapped him, straight out of the crater. Cell skipped along the ground for a few yards, and stood back up.

"You little…" Cell said, coming at Gohan. Gohan turned around, and slammed one foot in Cell's midsection. He doubled over in pain, trying to see straight. He could feel something changing, something was happening to him. Cell had never been in this much pain before, he had never experienced this kind of paralyzing agony. Cell now knew true fear.

Cell was crippled by one kick to the stomach. He was helpless, bent over, pain screaming through his body. Gohan was watching him intently. He knew what was happening, just a matter of time before it happened.
Cell lurched, and felt something come up. He could barely see. This wasn't good, Gohan had forced one of the androids out of him. Cell felt his power shrink, as his body reverted away from its perfect form. The android opened his eyes, and saw that his hands were now the ugly, brownish green they had been before. Gohan had robbed him of his perfection…

"I can't believe it, Goku, he just kicked Cell in the stomach and one of the androids came out. There's no way he can lose now!" Piccolo said. "Gohan's going to beat him, I know it Goku!" he turned to the saiyan hero.

Goku wasn't there, he just, vanished.