NOTE: Throughout this entire fic I've been catching things that I never noticed when I first watched the abridge. With all the foreshadowing and subtle hints that TFS would drop in the episodes and movies. They really made use of having future knowledge of the later arcs.
I'm happy to see that you all loved Natsu being the loveable goof that he is. I've been waiting to have him saying "Lucy! Let's have a baby!" since I started this fic.
Anyways, enjoy and review
Chapter 66: Percussive Maintenance
Natsu laid on the ground with a bruised and bloody face as Lucy turned her back to him. Her face as red as Erza's hair, the Celestial Mage huffing at the craziness of it all. Behind them their friends were either laughing or blushing at their little scene, causing her to grumble all the more.
"Stupid Natsu! Why did he have to say something like that!? He never thinks these things through!" Lucy screamed in her head.
"Do you think that was a yes?" Lisanna leaned over to ask her sister.
"It wasn't a no," Mira giggled.
Lucy heard both of them and turned to scream at them both. "Can we just start the damn thing already!?" Her yelling just made the sisters laugh harder.
Natsu slowly sat up on the floor. "You hit too hard, Lucy," Natsu complained.
"You deserved it!" She shouted back. She would've strangled him again if Yukino hadn't stopped her.
"I think he's had enough, Lucy. We should continue watching the episodes," Yukino said. Lucy would've taken her friend more seriously if the woman wasn't still trying to hold back her own laughter.
"Fine, but we'll talk about this later, Natsu," Lucy sat back in her seat.
(cut to Piccolo and the Androids arriving at a desolated island)
ANDROID 17: All right, sis. Since you had all the fun last time, why don't you sit this one out?
ANDROID 18: Already on it. I'll just hang out with 16 over here.
ANDROID 16: I have spotted a pelican. So majestic- (pelican squawks off-screen) So majes- (pelican squawks again) Maje- (pelican squawks once more) That is a big bird.
Wendy laughed at 16 getting interrupted by the bird.
ANDROID 17: Now, are you trying to buy time, or are you just looking to throw your life away? Because if I remember correctly... (shows Android 17 effortlessly taking out Piccolo twice in their last fight) This did not go well for you last time.
"Well, last time he wasn't fused with Kami. He's a more manly Namekian now!" Elfman responded.
PICCOLO: Oh, I'm not the same Namekian you faced before. (removes his cape and turban)
ANDROID 17: Oh. Oh shit, are you talking metaphorically? Because if not, I'm gonna start feeling like a racist, because you look exactly the same.
"To be fair, Piccolo's the only Namekian they've ever seen," Levy said.
(Piccolo begins to power up)
(cut to The Lookout)
GOKU: Huh. I'm feeling a whole lot of Piccolo right now. Either he's showing off...
GOHAN: Or he's fighting an Android! We have to go help him!
"Sweet child, you're not allowed to go near any androids for the foreseeable future!" Mira remembered Future Gohan's death.
"Then what's the point of training him?" Laxus asked. Mira pretended that she didn't hear the Dragon Slayer.
GOKU: No, Gohan. We have to wait for Vegeta and Trunks to come out of the Hypertonic Lion Tamer!
MR. POPO: (off-screen) That one was on purpose!
GOKU: Coulda been.
"Could this be another case of Goku feigning stupidity just to annoy people?" Lily questioned.
"I can do the same thing!" Happy replied.
"No, you're just stupid," Carla caused a sad cloud to appear over Happy's head.
GOHAN: Well, how long do we have left?
MR. POPO: Four hours.
"Wait what? How? Didn't they just go into the room? You're telling me that they've been sitting there for 20 hours? That Piccolo and the Androids were flying to that one island for 20 hours?" Levy questioned, baffled by how time works for them.
GOHAN: We've been here for 20 hours?! When? I mean, how?
GOKU: That's what makes it Hypersonic, Gohan.
MR. POPO: Goku?
GOKU: Yeah-huh?
(shows an outside shot of The Lookout as a screaming Goku is seen getting knocked off)
The mages laughed at Goku's excited scream of getting kicked off the Lookout.
"He was definitely doing it on purpose then," Lily sweatdropped.
[OPENING SEQUENCE]
(cut to Piccolo still powering up for his fight against Android 17)
ANDROID 17: Man, he has been at this for like twenty hours.
ANDROID 16: It has been five minutes.
"Oh thank goodness," Levy sighed.
ANDROID 17: It's called hyperbole, big guy. Also, I can't sense power levels. What's going on over there?
ANDROID 16: Dodge.
ANDROID 17: Dodge what-? (gets punched in the face by Piccolo) You know, 16, yelling dodge is more distracting than helpful.
"Piccolo would disagree, but considering that Gohan still hasn't figured it out yet…" Gray brought up.
ANDROID 16: He has fused with Kami.
ANDROID 17: Kami? What-? (Piccolo kicks him in the face, knocking him a few feet across the ground) Seriously, what the hell's a Kami?
PICCOLO: It means God. Now bow. (fires a blast at Android 17, which emits a huge explosion)
"Ok! When did he get so cool!?" Mira questioned.
"Don't you mean manly!?" Elfman grinned at the eldest sibling.
"Yeah, we can go with manly," She smiled at him.
(cut to Capsule Corp.)
DR. BRIEFS: Aw, there's my sweet little half-breed grandbaby. So, how's the detonator coming along?
"You ask that while holding the baby," Rogue sweatdropped.
BULMA: It's coming. But did you look at Dr. Gero's notes? As it turns out, he only attributes model numbers to his successful projects. The crazy bastard was kidnapping dozens of orphaned teenagers and experimenting on them!
That made all the mages hate the bastard doctor more than they already did.
"To think there were so many children who lost their lives to that bastard's experiments," Jellal growled in anger.
"When you think about it, 17 and 18 really are the lucky ones," Sting said.
DR. BRIEFS: Oh, come now, you can't kidnap an orphan; they weren't wanted in the first place. That aside, that's kind of brilliant.
Their opinions of Bulma's father just decreased even more.
BULMA: Interesting that he set explosives in their chest like this, though... Must have been a fail-safe, for in case they went rogue.
"He failed to use it in two different timelines. Guess, the doctor isn't as great as he believed," Laxus said.
DR. BRIEFS: Oh, he does that to strangers and it's fine, but I want to do it to my own children, and your mother gets all uppity!
BULMA: ...Dad, any more talk like that and you don't get to hold Trunks anymore.
DR. BRIEFS: Hmph! Wouldn't be talking so mighty if you had a bomb in your chest.
"And I'm glad he's not my dad," Cana replied.
"Aren't you glad to have me as a father, Cana!?" Gildarts asked, happily.
"Eh? You're ok," She answered. Her answer caused the man to have a dark cloud form over his head.
(cut back to Piccolo and the Androids)
ANDROID 17: Too bad, Jolly Green Giant. Looks like you missed! Try again for a zeni?
(Piccolo starts firing a bunch of ki blasts at Android 17, who merely dodges them while humming. However, Piccolo still continues to fire more ki blasts...which are still missing despite 17 no longer attempting to dodge them.)
Piccolo's actions confused some of the mages.
"Uhhh….does he know that he's missing?" Millianna asked.
"Just keep paying attention," Erza and Kagura told her.
ANDROID 17: Umm, I stopped dodging! Seriously, are you even trying to hit me?
PICCOLO: (still firing off still more ki blasts) No!
ANDROID 17: The hell do you mean no? (looks around and realizes he's surrounded by a bunch of dormant ki blasts)
"Oh…" Millianna realized what the green man was doing.
ANDROID: Oh. Oh... Oh, shit.
PICCOLO: Hellzone Grenade! (makes all the ki blasts rain down on 17)
"THAT'S SUCH A COOL NAME!" The men thought.
"Eh." The women shrugged. Though, they liked the idea of Piccolo's move.
ANDROID 17: (thinking) Oh man, it's even got a cool name! (there's a large explosion before the whole area gets covered in smoke) You know something I don't get? (he is seen unharmed from the attack due to emitting a barrier, surprising Piccolo)("Creating a KI shield is a good idea. Should be used more," Freed noted.) You try to kill Goku and that's fine; we try to kill Goku and suddenly you get all uppity!
"I like to believe there's a difference," Erza said.
PICCOLO: True. But when I did it, it was for revenge. You're just doing it for shits and giggles.
"And there it is. While revenge is never a good thing it's a reason at least. But, killing a man who has never caused you any harm for just fun is wrong," Erza spoke.
"To be fair, Goku indirectly caused them to get kidnapped and turned into cyborgs," Levy responded. The blue woman squeaked when Erza turned her glare onto her.
ANDROID 17: Tell you what? You live a few years in stasis with your creator repeating the words "Kill Goku." over and over again in your subconscious, then you can ride that high horse all day long.
Levy wanted to bring up her point being correct, but figured Erza would get angry at her again, so she settled for being quiet.
"Well, this does continue to prove just how crazy Gero was. What reason would he have to want to kill Goku?" Freed said.
PICCOLO: Wow.
ANDROID 17: What?
PICCOLO: Nothing, just...nostalgia.
(cut over to Kame House)
KRILLIN: Man, that is some serious power being thrown around.
TIEN: Damn it, we shouldn't just sit here like a bunch of cowards, we need to help!
"What would you do exactly?" Minerva asked.
YAMCHA: And do what, get rag-dolled again? No, thank you.
TIEN: Of course you'd say that.
"He does have a point, surprisingly enough. You guys haven't been much help lately, besides Krillin. Krillin's always been around," Gajeel said.
KRILLIN: Hey, he's actually got a point. I mean, between the Super Saiyans, the Super Namekian, the Androids, and whatever the hell Cell is...
TIEN: Oh, don't you start.
"Krillin has every right to speak. After getting your skeletal system broken, stabbed, and blown up on an alien planet. It kinda opens your eyes," Makarov states.
"Doesn't mean they should stop trying," Natsu replied.
"What's the point of trying if every time you go up a level, everyone else just moves up 15 more? Honestly, stopping might be the best for them," Laxus told Natsu.
"Just because you're weaker than someone, doesn't mean that you're completely useless. There's always something that even the smallest of ants can accomplish that not even an elephant can," Erza explained.
KRILLIN: Hey, I was on Namek, okay?! Shit got crazy! I got stabbed! And blown up!
YAMCHA: I've been stabbed and blown up, too! And dumped by the only girlfriend I ever had!
KRILLIN: Same. But you know the difference? When mine left, she took all my money. When yours left, she took all HER money.
The guild was shocked into silence by Krillin's bomb drop.
(Yamcha is seen being left speechless as everyone)
MASTER ROSHI/Macao: ...Gonna need a Senzu for that one.
(cut back to Piccolo and the Androids now on another island)
ANDROID 17: Not that this hasn't been fun and all, but I'm going to give you one last chance to tell us where Goku is, or I'm going to have to start taking this seriously.
"Looks pretty serious to me," Gray remarked.
PICCOLO: Be a nice change of pace.
(Android 17 merely sighs and flies over to Piccolo, landing in front of him)
ANDROID 17: Hi.
PICCOLO: Uh, hi- (Android 17 punches him in the jaw, but he stops himself from losing balance by backflipping away from Android 17)
NAIL: (Why are you backflipping?)
PICCOLO: (thinking) To gain some distance! (Android 17 punches him in the jaw again)
"Dude! You can fly!" Romeo shouted.
KAMI: (YOU CAN FLY!)
(Piccolo recovers from the attack and both he and Android 17 charge at each other)
(cut to The Lookout)
GOHAN: Dad, do you think Piccolo can win?
"Yes," Lucy answered.
GOKU: No. (Android 17 elbows Piccolo in the back) But maybe... (Piccolo kicks Android 17 in the face) Then again... (Android 17 punches Piccolo in the face) Although... (Piccolo headbutts Android 17)
GOHAN: Why do you keep stopping short?
"He does that too!? Master Makarov does that so much!" Mira cried out, surprised.
"I don't do it that much," The old man denied.
"Yes, you do," Each of the Fairies countered. Makarov grumbled at his "kids".
GOKU: Oh, I'm sorry, Gohan. Were you saying something?
(cut to Capsule Corp.)
BULMA: I SAID the detonator's almost finished!
DR. BRIEFS: (he's currently holding Baby Trunks, who's bawling) Sorry, hard to hear you over the baby. He sure does cry a lot. Do you think he gets that from his monkey side?
"Really?" Freed raised an eyebrow.
BULMA: Dad! No racism in front of Trunks!
DR. BRIEFS: Oh, come on, I'm using monkey unironically here. I-I mean, mostly. Half and half? Kind of like the baby.
YAJIROBE: You know, it's kinda hard to enjoy my meal with your brat screaming.
DR. BRIEFS: Where did you get that food? You've already cleared out our kitchens!
YAJIROBE: Not the fridge in the basement.
"Wait..but the only thing in their basement is…oh…" Levy blanched when she realized what Yajirobe was eating.
DR. BRIEFS: I don't have a fridge in my- Oh, my God.
BULMA: Done. We effectively have a detonator for the androids. Bulma: Kills 'Droids Dead. Now, if you'll excuse me. (takes baby Trunks from her father, and puts his face in left breast, who immediately stops crying)
YAJIROBE: Wait, are you breastfeeding?
BULMA: (Trunks starts making low, but noticeable sucking sounds as he suckles out Bulma's milk from her nipple ) Yeah. Why?
"In front of other people? Not sure about that…" Levy looked at her own breasts for a moment. Thinking about when she'll have to breastfeed.
YAJIROBE: Awesome.
(cut back to Piccolo and Android 17 screaming at each other and in a brawler lock)
ANDROID 18: Ugh, my God. This is so dumb. This cannot get any dumber.
"Agreed, this is a fight only idiots would enjoy," Minerva agreed with the sole female cyborg.
"This fight is awesome!" Natsu screamed.
"Go Piccolo! Kick his ass!" Sting screamed alongside Natsu.
"Like I said, idiots," Minerva watched the Dragon Slayers.
ANDROID 16: Agreed. Sure is a lot of not killing Goku going on right now... You know what would fix that?
ANDROID 18/Erza: Is it killing Goku-?
ANDROID 16: A good ol' rousing round of killing Goku. (both Piccolo and Android 17 unleash an energy burst)
"Need to do something about his killing Goku thing," Lisanna chuckled, nervously.
(cut to Kame House with Tien listening to Krillin and Yamcha's argument)
YAMCHA: Yeah? We-well at least I slept with Bulma!
"He's still trying to argue?" Cana rolled her eyes.
KRILLIN: Yeah? Well, unlike Vegeta, you can't prove it!
YAMCHA: Can too! We'll just ask her!
"You really think that she'll even acknowledge it?" Evergreen sighed.
CHI-CHI: Bulma's on the phone!
YAMCHA: On second thought, never mind.
"Avoided his 2nd death right there," Gildarts whistled.
TIEN: (thinking) You know, in hindsight, I'm so glad I'm here right now.
"Seeing Yamcha lose an argument? Always the best feeling," Gajeel agreed.
KRILLIN: Krill-master speaking.
DR. BRIEFS: (in the speaker) I WILL MURDER YOU!
KRILLIN: Whoa, hostile.
BULMA: Never mind that. Listen, I have the detonator for the Androids.
KRILLIN: Wow, that was quick.
BULMA: 22 hours isn't quick.
"I'm still questioning how time works for these guys!" Levy shouted.
KRILLIN: 22 HOURS?! When? I-I mean, how? How long did we sleep?!
"Krillin did sleep earlier. Don't really know for how long," Sting said.
BULMA: Look, I'm on my way over, try not to die in the meantime. (hangs up)
KRILLIN: All right, so where were we?
(cut back to Piccolo and Android 17, now punching each other in the gut)
"And it got dumber," Minerva shook her head.
"MANLY/AWESOME!" The immature members were cheering on the fight.
ANDROID 18: I was wrong. This got so much dumber.
(both Piccolo and Android 17 punch each other in the gut two more times before they both kick each other in the face, both of them spinning away and landing on the ground)
"FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!"
ANDROID 17: Damn it, green man, you are hard to put down.
PICCOLO: Yeah, not gonna lie, actually beginning to enjoy myself here.
NAIL: (Uh, man, we have a problem.)
PICCOLO: (thinking) Yeah, I know, I'm bluffing. I'm kind of at my limit.
"That's an issue," Erza agreed.
KAMI: (No, another problem.)
"What could be worse than that at the moment? Right Wendy….Wendy?" Romeo noticed that the Sky Slayer was frozen in her seat. Sweat was pouring down her face and her eyes showing fear. The teen boy looked around the guild to see the rest of the Dragon Slayers were also in the same state as Wendy. Their friends trying to make sure that the Dragon Slayers were functioning fine.
PICCOLO: (thinking) What, the other Androids?
NAIL: (No, another, 'nother problem!)
"Gajeel...Gajeel...GAJEEL!" Levy screamed. Her boyfriend was gripping his heart, trying to keep it steady. Her brain was moving quickly to figure out what could've made him and the other slayers like this, but remembering the words of Nail and Kami made her realize.
"Oh...shit…"
PICCOLO: (thinking) What, I- (looks to the right and gasps) Oh.
ANDROID 17: (also looking at the direction Piccolo's looking) What the f**k is that?!
(it reveals that Cell himself has arrived at the battlefield)
CELL: Hello, boys. Room for one more?
The mages at that moment remembered why the Dragon Slayers were under such a state of effect. Cell has finally made its move.
[ENDING SEQUENCE]
[STRINGER]
(cut to an outside shot of Capsule Corp. with Yajirobe being heard running inside)
DR. BRIEFS: You run pretty good for a fat man! (a gunshot is heard, shattering a pane of glass)
YAJIROBE: Why are you so mad? They weren't even that good!
DR. BRIEFS: Most of those weren't even meant to be eaten that way!
"F-Funny...right?" Romeo hoped the scene lightened the mood, but it didn't. Everyone had grim looks on their faces at seeing Cell reappear in the middle of the fight. He guessed now wasn't exactly the time for jokes, especially since Mira had immediately started up the next episode.
"N-Natsu?"
Everyone turned to see the Fire Slayer on his feet, heat radiating off his body as he glared at the lacrama in front of him. "How…"
"N-Natsu, what's wrong?" Happy asked.
"How many people…" He clenched his fists. All of the other Slayers understood what he meant, as they also felt the extreme power coming off of Cell.
"How many people did that bastard kill!?" Natsu roared.
Chapter End
NOTE: Natsu's anger here is understandable since the Fairies are now under the belief that everything their watching could be real. With Goku somehow knowing that they exist, the thought of everything they've seen so far existing is now popping up in their minds. Especially for the Dragon Slayers who are the only ones who feel the terrifying energy that Cell has achieved through his absorbing of people.