Chapter 24: Bow down to the Prince

Last time in Dragon Ball Z: Beyond Infinite...

Vegeta and Trunks emerged from the HTC and left off to take Gohan's place in the battle agains tthe androids. Gohan made it to the lookout and joined his father. The father and son duo went into the chamber, and they began training immediately. Trunks took on 13 and that left Vegeta to take on Cell all by himself. Can Vegeta do what seems impossible? Can Trunks finish off 13 before some crazy twist happens? Find out in this installment of Dragon Ball Z: Beyond Infinite!


In the ruins of Toki Toki city...

Cell groaned in pain as Vegeta's punch made contact. "What's wrong?" mocked Vegeta. "I hope I'm not making you uncomfortable."

"What's wrong?" asked Cell, seething with rage at the question. "I'll show you what's- oh, you're making a joke." He laughed. "I do so enjoy your classic Saiyan wit."

"Thank you," said Vegeta, before pushing his fist into Cell. Cell screamed in pain before backing up away from the Saiyan. Vegeta charged at him, delivering an uppercut to Cell's jaw, sending the monster flying into the sky.

The Saiyan didn't waste a moment, charging at Cell, and kneeing him in the back. Vegeta flipped over the monster, then delivered two punches directly to the face. Cell launched a punch, but Vegeta backed out of the way, then shot under Cell, grabbing the monster's foot and throwing him into the ground.

Cell climbed to his feet. "You irritating little pest," he said to Vegeta. "Are you really so proud of these little tricks you've learned? You'll need much more if you ever hope to beat me. Have you forgotten? I know you. Your cells are woven into my very being. You, Vegeta are a part of me."

"Now I'm going to take you apart," said Vegeta. "How ironic."

"Clever to the end, huh," commented Cell.

Meanwhile, just out of sight, Androids 16 and 18 were watching the battle. Rather, 18 was watching it, while 16 was resting, keeping track of it on his sensors.

"They're just standing there," said 18. "Cell isn't attacking. I don't understand, is he actually afraid of Vegeta?"

Cell screamed, charging at Vegeta, who leaned out of the way of the punch. Cell threw more, but Vegeta dodged them just as easily.

Vegeta delivered a direct punch to Cell's chest, sending the monster flying through another ruined building. Cell skimmed the ground, stopping halfway through a nearby pile of debris.

"All too easy," said Vegeta, hovering just over the debris of what used to be a road. Cell emerged from the hole he was in. "HEAR ME, SAIYAN!" he shouted. "This time you die. I am done humoring you and your petty maneuvers. I will show you the true nature of my power. Come forward and meet your doom."

x-X-x

"Wow, I guess that huge power level I've been sensing really is Vegeta," said Krillin, stopping to sense the battle. "He's even stronger than Cell now! And Trunks is even stronger than Vegeta right now! How did they get so much... of course! That was what Goku was talking about! Trunks and Vegeta got a year of training in one day! They must be totally pumped up. I got to see this."

He glanced at the remote he held in his hand. "I can't forget what I'm after. The Androids!" He shot off towards the battle.

x-X-x

Trunks fired off his finish buster attack and 13 was charging up his full power deadly bomber. ''Full Power S.S DEADLY BOMBER, survive this if you can!'' The blood red transluscent ball of artificial ki roared through the ruined landscape.

The two ki orbs collided and they were basically dead even, though Trunks was still holding back some. I almost can't believe that this day has finally come, thought Trunks, watching the battle whilst fighting his own with 13. All of our training. All of our hard work. It was all for this moment.

Trunks decided to amp up the power of his attack and did so effortlessly. The energy surge on the attack from the Super Saiyan caused 13's ball of destruction to reverse its course. ''No Dammit, I'm the ultimate Android!''

13 released the gravitational hold he had on his bomber and aborted it's path before it could obliterate the Super Android. 13 flew up only for Vegeta's son to meet him half way. SLAM! Trunks delivered the hay maker to 13's head.

CRASH!

13's hit the ground, amking a small crater where he lay. Trunks raised his power more to the point where 13 stood absolutely no chance against the futuristic Saiyan. ''Its over, you don't know when to quit do you?''

''Grrr... shut up,'' snarled 13 who lunged for the halflings blood. WHAM! Trunks connected his swing to 13's face, kncoking him back down due to the force of the blow. Trunks slowly raised his hand and fired off an energy beam at his opposition.

BOOM!

It impacted with 13's frame when he tried to stand up, knocking the Super Android back on his anus. 13 raised his hands and fired multiple consecutive strings of ki orbs. Trunks effortlessly slapped all of them out of his way and watched as 13 charged towards him.

POW! 13 landed a blow on Trunks face sending him backwards away from 13. ''Hmph, you're not that tough,'' said 13. Trunks got up and only had a little blood leaking from his mouth but otherwise unharmed.

''You say that off of only one blow that I let you have. I'm gonna finish this once and for all,'' announced Trunks. DOOSH! The Saiyan from the future shoved his fist into 13's torso. He put in just enough power not to protrude his torso.

Trunks jumped up, kneeing 13 in the face as well as backflipping away from him. 13 was shoved back, but shrugged off Trunks blow. 13 flew full force at the Saiyan, intent of ripping his head off.

Trunks catches 13 off guard with a blow to the face, and then the Saiyan gives multiple uppercuts to his chest. The Saiyan raised his elbow and smashed 13 dead in the face, making him shoot upwards.

The princes son vanishes and reappears above 13. Trunks backhands 13 straight through a skyscraper in the center of city.

''Curse you, I'm the ultimate Android right? How can I be losin to some monkey trash?!''

Trunks moved his hands at rapid speeds, creating a accumulated ki flame ready to burst froward to kill its prey. ''One down, two to go,'' Trunks said to himself. ''BURNING ATTACK!''

''FU-'' was all 13 could shout before his whole body was consumed by the raging inferno of ki. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMM!

The only remains of 13 that were left after the smoke cleared was his torso which had his energy core and his head. Android 13 have been vanquished at the hands of Trunks. Trunks smiled at his work before getting back into 'Trunks' mood. He sensed his father's battle with Cell and went to check it out.

x-X-x

Cell shot out of the ruined buidling, thrusting his tail at Vegeta. Vegeta dodged, then delivered punch after punch to the monster faster than Cell could track.

"So tell me, Cell," said Vegeta, after wrapping Cell's own tail around himself. "Is this your true power that I'm sensing? You do take a punch well, I'll give you that. Otherwise, I'm not impressed."

Cell smirked. "Poor Vegeta, you just don't understand, do you?" He opened his mouth, sending an energy beam directly at the Saiyan Prince, who dodged at the last second. Cell punched Vegeta in the face, then shot another beam, resulting in a tremendous explosion.

Cell cackled loudly. He looked at Trunks, who was staring past him. "The foolish boy," said Cell to himself. "What does he think he's looking at?" Sensing something, he turned around just in time to watch as Vegeta smashed into him, knocking him down to the ground.

Cell caught himself, but still landed on his back. Vegeta landed behind him, laughing. "All done?" mocked the Saiyan. "Too bad."

"Not so fast," said Cell, getting to his feet. "I'm not done yet."

"I see, so you're a glutton for punishment. I think you just don't know when quit."

Cell then began to charge an attack when Vegeta kneed Cell swiftly in the torso.

Krillin was watching from overhead. "There's something going on down there," he said to himself. "And it can only mean one thing- Cell."

Cell finished. "I see," said Vegeta. "So you can raise your power after all. It still won't save you."

"I admire your determination, Vegeta," said Cell. "But your arrogance will be your downfall."

"This could get rough," said Trunks to himself as he lowered his Super Saiyan form back to his normal form. Cell charged at Vegeta, delivering a punch directly to the Saiyan's face. He laughed, then stopped when he saw Vegeta was completelyunhurt.

"That one was free," said Vegeta, tilting his head back to a vertical position. "Now I'm going to show you what real power is."

"You're not Vegeta!" said Cell, backing away. "You've changed. You've become something else."

Vegeta smirked, pointing at himself. "That's right. I am Super Vegeta. And remember what I told you Cell, you're not witnessing my true power right now."

"How did you acquire this new strength? Enlighten me this instant!"

"I do a lot of push-ups and sit-ups. And I drink plenty of juice."

Cell clenched his fist, drawing his own blood. "Listen here! I came from the future, where you were destroyed by Android 17! And now I've absorbed Android 17. I have all of his power at my disposal, in addition to my own. So tell me, how could you be stronger than me? It's not possible! You're bluffing."

"Look, if you think I'm bluffing, call my bluff." said Vegeta. "I know you're confused, so let me make it easier on you." He turned around, facing away from Cell. "My back is turned. How's that?" Cell clenched his teeth in fury. "You will pay for for your insolence." He leapt against the cliff, pressing himself to it. He raised his hands to his side.

"Hey, that's my father's Gallic Gun," said Trunks, staring at Cell.

"Remember, some of your cells compose me," stated Cell, smirking. "Gallic Gun, fire!" he shouted, sending the massive wave of energy at Vegeta.

"Stop showing off father," said Trunks.

When the smoke cleared, Cell pushed himself out of the rubble that had fallen on him. He smirked. His eyes shot open, and when he saw Vegeta, he was completely unharmed. "So this is it, huh," said Vegeta. "What a joke. I thought you were supposed to be a challenge. Ha! I can't believe we were worried about you."

"You will pay!" said Cell, bracing himself.

"I don't think so, Cell. You're outclassed in every way."

Cell shot at Vegeta, attempting to trip the Saiyan with his tail. Vegeta leapt over the blow and disappeared, reappearing behind Cell. He kicked Cell in the face, sending the monster flying backwards. Vegeta shot to catch Cell, and kicked him up into the sky. He didn't give Cell a moment's rest, however, since he shot up to meet Cell again and kicked him down into the ground.

"I'll get you, Vegeta," said Cell, climbing to his feet. "I AM CELL! DO YOU HEAR ME!"

"You are nothing but a simpleton," responded Vegeta. He punched Cell into another sky scraper in the city.

Father, you truly are strong, thought Trunks. But it's dangerous to let it go to your head. Cell is a very crafty foe so be careful.

Cell charged at Vegeta, who flew away from the monster, readying an energy blast. Throwing the energy, he hit Cell, knocking the monster down underground. He threw a flurry of blasts at Cell, who was unable to dodge any.

Finally, Vegeta raised his hands over his head and threw one final blast, which smashed into Cell, causing a massive explosion. Vegeta landed on a rock in the whole he had created. "Where did he go?" asked the Saiyan, looking around. Suddenly, Cell leapt from behind Vegeta, latching onto his legs.

"Now this is more like it," remarked Cell. "Super Vegeta, nowhere to go!" He raised his tail, making to stab Vegeta with it.

Vegeta dodged the tail and caught it under his arm. "What a pity," said Vegeta. "Your tail's stuck."

"YOU ARE DETESTABLE!" shouted Cell, trying to free his tail from Vegeta's grip. Finally, he managed to, but Vegeta gave a quick strike to him in the stomach.

"What's the matter?" asked Vegeta. "You had me." He laughed. "You should see the look on your face right now. How would you feel if I told you there's another like me?"

Cell's eyes went wide in shock. Vegeta gestured to where Trunks was standing. "Allow me to introduce you to my son. His name is Trunks. He's not as strong as me, but you'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference. He, too, is a true Super Saiyan. He has incredible power."

"No," said Cell. "How could this be?"

"Do you understand how fruitless this is," asked Vegeta. Vegeta then smirked and bashed Cell across the nucleus.

x-X-x

Krillin, who was flying overhead at that moment, spotted Androids 16 and 18 hiding out of sight in the back alley. "Oh man," he exclaimed. "There she is! Wow, I never thought she would look so..so hot. How can I shut down a beauty like that."

He landed out of sight. "Is it murder to kill her? She hasn't done anything wrong yet, which contradicts to Trunks timeline. If I take out an inoccent, what does that make me?" He looked at Vegeta. "And Vegeta's got Cell on the ropes! I guess I'll trust him to take out Cell. I can't do it." He smashed the remote under his foot, grinding it to bits.

x-X-x

"I've been allowing you to deceive yourself!" Vegeta shouted to Cell. "You never had a chance to win! If, by some miracle, you managed to get by me, Trunks would have finished you off. Face it, Cell, you took a gamble and you lost. My son killed that other android you were fighting with and that droid was beating you to a pulp."

"It doesn't make sense!" shouted Cell. "How did you get all this power? Curse you!"

"You're the one who started this game, and now that you're losing it's no fun anymore! You're just a big baby!"

"You wouldn't be talking to me this way if I had completed my evolution! You would be nothing to me if I absorbed Android 18." Cell stared up at Vegeta. "Allow me to achieve my final, perfect form. As a Saiyan, you can appreciate the challenge."

Father no, thought Trunks, staring at Vegeta. He's deceiving you.

"You still sound like baby who's trying to get your way," answered Vegeta. "But if you'll actually put up a decent challenge, then go find your precious android. Hopefully the next time I see you you won't be in such a pitiful state."

"NO," shouted Trunks. "PLEASE NO! FATHER! THAT'S YOUR WEAK POINT! CAN'T YOU SEE? CELL'S EXPLOITING YOUR ONLY WEAKNESS!"

"Shut up, you fool," shouted back Vegeta. "Mind your own business! I don't remember asking you for your opinion on the matter. How can you understand my power? I've gone beyond a Super Saiyan." He turned to Cell. "Now go. Get out of here before I change my mind."

I understand your power more than you think father, thought Trunks. I've watched you train and forced you to train with me, I've surpassed you in power. I'm gonna stop him whther you like it or not, I will not take any chances.

Cell flew off, to go and search for the android. Looking forward, he suddenly saw Trunks blocking his path. "If my dad won't stop you," started Trunks, "then I'll do it myself!"

"Move along, kid," said Cell, scowling. "I don't have the patience to deal with you right now."

"You'll need a lot more than patience to deal with me," answered Trunks. "You heard my father. I'm as strong as he is."

"Oh yeah, we'll have to see about that." Cell threw a punch at Trunks, who ducked under it and punched Cell in the stomach. He then flew over Cell and kicked the monster towards the ground.

"You scoundrel," said Cell, before trying to evade the half-Saiyan. Trunks shot ahead of him, stopping the monster once again.

"You're not going anywhere unless you get through me, Cell," said Trunks. "I know that you're tricking my dad. You know his weakness because some of his cells are in you. But you're not going to talk your way through this road block, Cell. It ends here."

Cell turned to face Vegeta. "Hey, Vegeta, look," shouted the monster. "I thought we had an agreement!" Just then, he noticed movement. He'd spotted the Androids.

Trunks glanced in the direction of Cell's gaze. His expression became one of horror. "Oh, no," he said. "The android! She's nearby! Dammit, I thought I told her to lay low and run away!"

x-X-x

Goku blocked a punch from Gohan. They were a good distance into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and they were both transformed, fighting each other.

Gohan grinned as his father blocked, because it was exactly the move he'd anticipated. He followed up with a kick where his father was unable to block. Goku, realizing at once what he'd done, took the blow full on, grunting in slight pain.

"Good way to anticipate my movements," complimented Goku. "But remember- if we fight Cell, we won't have the knowledge of skills that we have of each other. We'll have to learn fast."

"Right," said Gohan, drawing back. "It would help if we could watch Cell fight before we got around to it."

"We won't have time. Once we get out there, we'll have to head to help out the others. Knowing Vegeta, Cell's going to have a hard time defeating him."

Goku smiled. "Let's call it a day. I'm starving." He dropped his transformation and tore off towards the kitchen. Gohan followed him. His appetite had grown somewhat in the time they'd been training.

x-X-x

Yes, thought Cell. Once I absorb her, I will be of perfect mind and body. An android without equal in power, speed, and technique.

"HEY," shouted Trunks to the Androids. "CELL KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE!"

Cell shot towards the Androids. Trunks powered up, shooting after Cell. He pulled alongside the monster, kicking him in the chest, stopping his charge. Trunks shot a wave of energy blasts at Cell, forcing the monster on the defensive.

Cell jumped over the last one, but Trunks shot towards him, driving his shoulder into the monster's stomach, and finally hammered Cell into the ground.

"He's masked his energy," said Trunks, looking around. He turned to Krillin, who he'd sighted lurking around. "Get the androids out of here! Cell is probably moving underground!"

The androids hadn't noticed Krillin, so they were surprised with he revealed himself. "Come on, let's go!" he said to 18. "We don't have much time before Mr. Grumpy digs himself out."

"Let's go, 16," said 18.

"My circuitry is much too damaged," said 16. "Save yourself."

She and Krillin turned and began running. All of a sudden, there was an explosion in front of them, and Cell emerged.

Trunks shot at the monster, but Vegeta blasted him out of the air before he could stop Cell and went to deal with him.

Krillin gulped, but saw 18 right next to him. I can't let her get absorbed too, that would mean the end of us all. ''Super Kaioken x12!'' Krillin was rippling with power and crouched in a protective stance.

''18, I won't last long but I need you to run away from here,'' said Krillin. 18 nodded and smiled at him briefly. ''Thanks,'' 18 replied before picking up 16 and attempting to run away.

Krillin blushed a bit before lunging at Cell. Krillin stroke Cell in multiple places, but he realized his attacks were doing nothing. ''Your nothing but a pest, stay in your place,'' Cell said as he backhanded Krillin into another building.

Krillin's distraction was deemed successful though, and the androids that were once in his sights have seemingly vanished again. ''WHY MUST YOU ALL KEEP ME FROM DESTINY!'' And then he saw it, 13's remains right next to him.

He took one long look at the remains and saw the Red Ribbon Insignia on it. ''Hmm.. what if I absorbed his remains. Maybe I would go straight to my perfect form without the requirements of 18? Its worth a try, I need more power to take out my adversaries,'' Cell concluded.

Cell scooped the reamins up with his tail and absorbed them into his cellular structure. Cell closed his eyes and then opened them, his power skyrocketing. "NO!" shouted Trunks, seeing as the lump in Cell's tail vanished into his body. Cell was crackling with astounding power. The entire Earth began to shake from the force of power he was emitting.


Wallah, I bet some people were expecting this twist and others weren't. In this chapter, it seems Android 18 is the next to say goodbye when it was actually Super 13 that got absorbed. So we got to see a glance into the HTC to check up on Goku and Gohan. We also got see Vegeta own Cell like he did in the canon and Trunks finishing off 13. And just a heads up about this saga, there will be a couple of mini chapter and a mini arc after this battle is concluded. Remember to always leave a review as you guys can point out anything wrong with this story. Remember to leave a comment, suggestions, advice, constructive criticism, requests or anything. I'd like to thank you all for reading this segment and onto the power Levels:

Power Levels:

Trunks (Base): 15,200,000

Trunks (MSSJ Holding back): 1,300,000,000

Trunks (MSSJ Releasing more power): 1,400,000,000

Vegeta (ASSJ): 1,125,000,000

Android 13 (Maxed Out): 1,300,000,000

2nd Form Cell Full Power: 870,000,000

Gohan (SSJ One and 1/2 month in HTC): 350,000,000

Goku (SSJ One and 1/2 month in HTC): 340,000,000

Android 18: 275,000,000

Android 16 (Damaged): 375,000,000

Krillin (Base): 2,500,000

Krillin (Super Kaioken X12): 300,000,000

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Review Section:

C: Loving this fic. I'm really anxious to see what you're going to do with Cell. Will he be able to absorb 13 and gain an even larger power? Can Goku and Gohan turn Ssj2 at the HTC? I'm really really hyped with your work so far! Congaratulations and keep up the good work!

A: Thank you for the review and I'm loving your story as well. By the way, anyone who is reading this should go check out DBZ: A New Tale in the search bar. And you have saw for your self what Cell had done with 13 in this chapter. Now the question is how much of a power boost will he gain? Well you'll have to see that in the next Chapter of Dragon Ball Z: Beyond Infinite. And as for Goku and Gohan in the HTC, well you'll still have to wait and see. They may or may not ascend to SSJ2 in the HTC.


Stay tuned for the next chapter of Beyond Infinite and expect me to be on hiatus until Super Bowl 49 comes to TV. Who are you rooting for if you're football fans, tell me down below. I'm rooting for the Seahawks to win this game but I want to hear you predictions. Anyway enough of my ranting, have an awesome day. Deuces.