Chapter 25: Saiyans v.s. The Super Cell
Suddenly Cell was surrounded by a hemisphere of green power as the entire planet began to shake with power. When the energy suddenly died down Cell had gone through more changes. His face was now white and his body/armor had become a lighter green and slightly less bulky. The android smiled. "Now where were we, Vegeta?"
Vegeta simply grinned. "I was about to show you my true power." With that Vegeta released his bulky muscles and raised his Super Saiyan power, causing golden electricity to surround him. ''This is the true power of a Super Saiyan with complete mastery,'' announced Vegeta.
Cell simply laughed. "You call that power?" With slight aura, Cell powered up slightly ahead of Vegeta's power. "You stand no chance." Vegeta simply raised his own power ot the fullest as well.
"Don't be ridiculous," Vegeta said. "I will kill you." With that the Saiyan Prince charged at the android and threw a punch at his face. Cell fazed out of sight ahead of the blow and landed behind Vegeta and brought his elbow down on the Saiyan's back hard. Vegeta was sent to the concrete but he caught himself.
Cell flew gracefully towards the prince, but the prince had other ideas. Cell raised his foot to kick Vegeta, but Vegeta ducked and gave Cell a punch to the gut. The prince then swung on Cell smashing his fist against his cranium.
''Hmph, what happened to me not standing a chance? Our power is as close as it gets, its a toss up, prepare to die,'' stated Vegeta.
''Quite big talk coming from a bipedalled monkey.''
''Quite big talk coming from a bipedalled bug,'' responded Vegeta.
Cell flew forward and then vanished from sight. He appeared behind Vegeta and kicked him to the ground. Vegeta hit the ground making a crater but got up quickly charging at Cell and throwing kicks and punches wildly. Cell was hard pressed to doge Vegeta's strikes and Vegeta caught him in the face.
Cell blocked Vegeta's power punch with his forearms and kneed the prince in the torso. BAM! Cell swung on vegeta and sent the Saiyan into a ruined building. Vegeta backflipped as soon as his feet impacted the ground.
''I'll admit Vegeta, you really are much better than I expected. However, it'll do you no good in the end,'' stated Cell. Vegeta simply smirked and wiped a stream of blood off of his face.
''And here I thought you were a weakling. However, I'm gonna kill you and wipe that smirk right off your face,'' proclaimed Vegeta. The two combatants met eachother full on and began fighting mid air at faster than light speeds.
Vegeta punched Cell in his elegant face, making blood draw from his mouth. Cell countered with a double punch consecutively to the prince's face. Vegeta flew back a bit and vanished. The Saiyan appeared behind Cell and chopped Cell in the neck area before he realized it.
The biotic android rammed straight through multiple buildings and Vegeta was hot on his trail. ''BIG BANG ATTACK!'' Vegeta unleashed one of his signature attacks upon Cell and it made contact. The whole surrounding area was set ablaze and Cell flew out of the smoke with a few 2nd degree burns but was otherwise unharmed.
Cell released a pent up wave of energy and Vegeta evaded it with minimal effort. Cell rammed into the Saiyan and knocked him back onto the ruined street. Vegeta rolled over and shot up from the ground, swiftly strikeing Cell with a kick.
Vegeta then vanished beside the android and roundhouse kicked Cell in the nucleus. Cell growled in pain and was cut off from air when Vegeta's fist smashed into his stomach. Vegeta was about to continue with his assault when the android released a barrier of power, knocking Vegeta back about 20 feet.
Cell swooped in kneed Vegeta in the gut. The bioandroid laughed as he backhanded Vegeta away like a fly. Appearing behind the flying Saiyan, he brought his knee up into the small of his back, hurting the Saiyan. With another backhand, he sent Vegeta into the ground of the island making another crater.
Vegeta shot up from the crater and growled with Saiyan animosity and rage. He kneed Cell in the jaw and layed the combined fist on Cell's nucleus. The hard swung blow coupled with gravity sent the android to the ground, forming another crater.
It seemed like whatever damage they inflict on one another, the other would bounce back just a hard. This would come down to who can outlast the other in terms of stamina and power. While Cell has android like stamina, so does Vegeta. His stamina and endurance is by far the most out of all the Z-fighters, including Goku and Gohan. He can take the most harsh beatings and still go on, because of his pride. Plus his mastery of the Super Saiyan form allows him to stay in that form for weeks on end.
The Saiyan gave Cell an uppercut and then kneed the android twice in the stomach. Cell caught Vegeta's fist and reeled him in. When Vegeta got close enough, Cell elbowed Vegeta in the face and hooked the Saiyan on the right side of his head.
Vegeta flipped over his surrounings multiple times and boucned off of a wall, charging at Cell. Cell charged back and the battle continued to rage on, going back and forward. Their fists collided and both combatants skidded back. ''It seems that burnt out android reminents didn't increase your strength enough to defeat me.''
''True, but on the contrary I'm still at my complete form thanks to him. But I can gain more power if you allow me. Allow me to absorb android 18 and I'll show you my true power,'' goaded Cell.
''As tempting as that offer sounds, I'm gonna have to pass on it. I gave you more then enough time to collect strength and fight me. You said you were complete and that you didn't need that blasted android. You had your chance but its too late you fool,'' replied Vegeta.
Cell rushed at Vegeta and stroke him hard across the face. Vegeta narrowed his eyes in anger and responded with a powerful fist.
x-X-x
''Unreal,'' Piccolo started. ''Even after all the power Cell has gained, Vegeta is still matching him blow for blow. This will come down to who can outlast the other.''
''If they can produce results like that, maybe we should go in the room when Goku and Gohan emerge,'' suggested Tien.
''Good idea, now lets get our attention back to the fight at hand,'' responded Piccolo. ''Agreed,'' said Tien.
x-X-x
Vegeta got up and wiped some blood from his mouth. Cell came at hyper sonic speeds towards Vegeta, and Vegeta blocked Cell's fist. The android kicked at his head, but the Saiyan blocked it with his forearm. The Saiyan then kneed Cell in the stomach and hit Cell twice in the face.
''That burnt out Android was just refuse to your body, only a power source. I'm gonna kill you right here, right now. Your pathetic existence has been annoying to us, say goodbye!''
''Vegeta, we both know that you can't kill me. Not when 18 is over there ripe for the picking,'' stated Cell. Trunks looked in the air to see 16 and 18 trying to escape the ruined city. ''Dammit, I gotta catch him before its too late!'' Trunks flashed Super Saiyan and went straight into his full power mode. He shot off after cell to try to halt him.
Cell advanced on Eighteen. With unrivaled quickness he shot out his tail and consumed Eighteen in less than five seconds before 16 could send out a warning. Cell's power generated red electricity before his aura flared up while expanded.
His aura continued to expand when a shield of true power surrounded him and made winds blow at insane speeds. Buildings toppled over, and a crater forming under Cell's feet soon became truly massive. Vegeta smirked at what he saw of Cell's real power.
Trunks covered his eyes from the harsh winds and sut that was flying around. ''Not again, no I can't let this happen!'' Trunks fought against the winds and tried to punch Cell to stop his evolution. His efforts were in vain however, as Cell was too far in his evolution to be deturbed from it. "I WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN!" shouted Trunks, raising his hands at the transforming Cell. He shot five energy blasts at Cell, but when the smoke cleared, they saw Cell was surrounded by a sphere of energy, protecting him.
The whole Earth was shaking and the power of Cell was being felt everywhere. When Cell was finished, he glowed in a shining, golden aura. His facial features changed none, except his skin turned light blue instead of light green and his irises turned red.
Lightning shot from Cell into the sky. The sphere of energy surrounding him expanded, forcing the Z-Fighters backwards away from the monster.
Finally, the sphere collapsed into itself, and with a final blinding flash of light, they could see Cell, still glowing with his new power.
x-X-x
"Cell's transformation is complete," said Piccolo, from where he watched the events unfold.
Bulma looked up in surprise at Piccolo, then turned to Tien, who nodded his head. "What do you mean?" she asked. "You're saying Krillin didn't use my controller to shut down the androids?"
"That's right. He crushed the controller and let her go."
"WHAT? Why would he do that?" Baby Trunks began to cry.
"Vegeta," said Piccolo, raising his fist. "You've doomed us all!"
x-X-x
Vegeta smirked as he watched Cell land in the crater caused by his transformation. Krillin, 16, and Trunks stared in horror at Cell.
Cell's body had gone a lighter shade of blue. His face was white, with yellow and purple surrounding the edges. His chest and shoulders were black, his hands white, his feet yellow.
Cell clenched a fist, testing his new power. He threw a few punches, testing out his new power.
Vegeta laughed from where he hovered overhead, watching Cell. "So this is the ultimate Android's new body. What a joke. He's the exact same as he was before besides his skin color."
Krillin gritted his teeth in rage. How dare that bastard take 18 away from him just when they were getting to know each other. He finally broke, charging at Cell with a Super Kaioken X10 aura. He delivered a punch to the back of Cell's head, but Cell didn't even move a millimeter. Krillin kicked Cell's head, but once again, the android didn't move.
Krillin backed away in fear. He launched a flurry of attacks, but Cell just continued to examine his hands.
Trunks glared at his father. He powered up, charging at Cell, delivering a kick to the android's head. The android still didn't even budge.
"Yes, that's right, children," said Cell, not even looking up. "Have fun."
The two backed off. "Destructo Disk!" shouted Krillin, sending the attack at Cell. The blade of energy hit Cell, but broke in two.
Cell leapt up, throwing a punch at nothing. He turned and grinned at Krillin. "So, you want to play, huh?" he asked. "Very well. It's my turn. Are you ready?" He disappeared, reappearing directly behind Krillin. He kicked Krillin's neck, sending Krillin flying forwards.
"No, Krillin, no!" said Trunks, seeing as Krillin smacked into the ground, his red aura dissipated into the wind.
Krillin climbed onto all fours and coughed. "Could someone get the number of that bus?" he asked, climbing to his feet. "I've... never felt anything so painful in my life. It's as if all my bones are... broke to dust. But don't worry about me... no sir. I'll be just fine. I hope I'm not rude, but I'm going to take a little nap." He collapsed onto the ground, unconscious.
"JUST HOLD ON!" shouted Trunks, heading towards Krillin.
"He should feel lucky," said Cell to 16, smirking. "He's the first one to be touched by my perfect body."
"Krillin, NO," said Trunks, rolling Krillin over. "You've got to hold on! I won't let it end like this." He reached under his armor, pulling out a Senzu bean. "Swallow this, everything will be all right. It's a Senzu bean."
"Don't tell me you're satisfied swatting flies like him," said Vegeta, landing next to Cell. "Guess a guy like you needs any victory he can get. From the way you've been carrying on I was expecting a true challenge. If that's your idea of perfect, I might as well go home."
"I'm sorry to hear that," said Cell, smirking. "I was hoping you'd stay. Destroying you would be a decent warm-up."
"Alright. But this time don't whine when I beat you into the ground as before, cockroach."
Krillin climbed to his feet, the Senzu bean having done it's work.
"Welcome back, Krillin," said Trunks. "I almost thought you were too far gone to make it."
Krillin stared in fear at Cell. "Oh, no," he said. "Vegeta's about to fight that monstrosity!"
Trunks whipped around to face the scene.
"I might not be as strong as you Super Saiyans," started Krillin. "But there is one thing I know first hand. And that is how incredibly powerful Cell has become. Trust me, he's a lot stronger than he's letting on. I felt it, Trunks. It was only for a second, but when he kicked me, I could sense his true power.
Meanwhile 16 was calculating the odds of survival for each combatant. "Cell's power went up dramatically," he said. "But by my calculations, Vegeta still holds the advantage."
"You can't let the energy you detect from Cell fool you," said Krillin to Trunks on the other side of the battlefield. "It's all just a front. His real power's a whole lot bigger. He's hiding it. Kind of like you."
"You mean you know?" asked Trunks in surprise. Krillin nodded.
Vegeta shot at Cell, who blocked the punch and kick the Saiyan threw. Vegeta leapt over Cell. "Well, it's nice to see you've become a little stronger," said the Saiyan. "Maybe this time I'll actually break a sweat."
Cell turned in time to watch as Vegeta launched at him, throwing a flurry of punches. Cell managed to block every single one. Finally, Vegeta threw one last punch, that forced Cell backwards out of his range of attack. Cell had his back to a cliff.
"Come on," said Vegeta. "You're going to have to try harder if you'll want to live." He shot at Cell, who simply dodged out of the way, and Vegeta was now the one with his back pressed to the cliff.
He's gotten so fast, thought Vegeta. He barely managed to dodge a punch that Cell threw directly at his head. Cell simply smirked, blasting energy out of his hand into the cliff.
Both warriors shot out of the smoke, landing on opposite buildings. "So, I see you were holding out on me after all," said Vegeta. "Of course, compared to me, you're still an inferior creature. You were a fool to spend all that time absorbing the androids. If you really wanted power, you should have gone after a Saiyan."
"Like you, right?" asked Cell, smirking.
"Yes. But of course."
x-X-x
"Near the end of our training, my father reached a plateau," said Trunks to Krillin. "And I surpassed him. But I can't let my father know, because he'll hate me for it. I've worked so hard to gain his approval, and I'm still not there yet. I know he'll accept me once he sees how strong I am. But I have to wait until he's ready."
"But Trunks," said Krillin.
"He should have beaten Cell back there while he still had the chance," stated Trunks, frustrated.
x-X-x
"Vegeta's strength is hard to believe," said Tien. "He's even with Cell in his final stage."
"It won't last," commented Piccolo. "He isn't thinking. Vegeta has let his primal anger take control, and it's making his fighting technique sloppy. That's no way to fight."
"Would you two stop whispering to each other for once?" asked Bulma, irritated. "And tell ME what's going on down there? This isn't a boys only club, you know."
x-X-x
Gohan leapt over his father's head, his sword at the ready. Goku turned and dodged nimbly out of the way of the blade.
Gohan whipped around, dropping his sword in order to block the kick coming at his side. After blocking the kick, he ducked under a second blow.
Goku, however, had anticipated this, and tripped Gohan, sending his son flying. He flew after Gohan, charging up an energy blast. Gohan barely managed to dodge out of the way, but was unable to stop his father from elbowing him into the ground.
Gohan climbed to his feet. "You win," he said, dropping his transformation. "I didn't expect you to trip me."
Goku dropped his transformation. "Yeah," said the Saiyan, "but when you're fighting Cell, he's going to be doing anything he can to take you out."
Gohan nodded. "I just hope the others are doing alright without us. We've been gone for so long."
"We've only been in here for four weeks," said Goku. "Remember, time passes much faster in here than out there. Out there, maybe two hours have passed since we came in here. I'm sure they're fine."
"I just can't shake the feeling, though," said Gohan. "I feel like we should be training all the time, or else we're letting them down." He stared towards the entrance.
"Sometimes, Gohan, rest is as important than training. Sometimes even more important. If we let our muscles rest, they build back up more, and we can get more out of them."
"So... what you're saying is, if we rest, we can train even harder?"
"That's it! You've got it!" Goku may have been a bit of a block head when it came to most things, but when it came to fighting, he knew a lot more than most people did.
x-X-x
"You coward," said Vegeta. He charged at Cell, who jumped away. Cell leapt from pillar to pillar directly away from Vegeta, who charged after him. Vegeta raised one hand and sent waves of energy at Cell, but none made contact.
Cell pulled upwards, flying into the sky. Stopping, he stared at the ground. More energy waves came shooting up. Cell glanced up, noticing that those he'd dodged earlier were on their way back down. They collided right on Cell.
Vegeta flew up, smirking at the cloud of smoke. Just then, he heard laughter behind him.
"You impress me, Vegeta," said Cell. "That was quite a little show."
Vegeta turned to face Cell. "How dare you play me for a fool!" he spat, furious. He shot another wave of energy blasts at Cell, all of which made direct contact.
x-X-x
"What happened?" asked Trunks, his eyes wide.
"I... I get the feeling that Vegeta's starting to lose it!" said Krillin.
Over on the other side of the crater, 16 watched. "I never guessed 18 would give Cell this much power. Now we are all doomed."
x-X-x
"That's all I can stand!" said Vegeta as he and Cell landed. "You're not taking this seriously!"
"But I told you, Vegeta," said Cell, placing his hands on his hips. "I'm just warming up."
"JUST WARMING UP?" asked Vegeta, blinded by rage. "I think you're too afraid to fight me, Cell. Oh, sure, you might have a brand new body, but haven't changed one little bit. You're still a sniveling, spineless coward. If you're as powerful as you say you are, then let's see what you're made of!"
"With pleasure." Cell shot at Vegeta, but only his after-image reached the Saiyan. Vegeta turned around, seething with anger, and saw Cell just standing behind him. ''RAAAAAAAAGGHH!'' Vegeta's power rose exponentially due to his fury.
"I will not tolerate this childish little game!" Vegeta kicked Cell in the head as hard as he could with his temporary boost. Cell was knocked into a ruined building with a cliff behind it. ''I WILL END YOUR PITIFUL EXISTENCE BEFORE THIS IS ALL OVER!''
"Super Vegeta," said Cell, chuckling as he came out the mountain with only a few scratches and blood running from his mouth.
"I cannot believe it," said 16. "Vegeta dealt him a direct blow to the head. Yet Cell was not too damaged in the least. Perhaps it is true. Perhaps there is no limit to Cell's power."
"What seems to be the problem?" asked Cell to Vegeta. "Cat got your tongue?"
"Im... possible," said Vegeta. "I put all of my energy into that kick. No! I will not stand for this!"
"So, Vegeta, do you understand now what I mean by perfection? Or shall I educate you further?" Cell shot at Vegeta, delivering a kick to the Saiyan's chest. Vegeta flew backwards through multiple cliffs.
Vegeta caught himself over the building and shot back off at Cell, furious. Vegeta landed a blow to Cell's nucleus, jerking Cell back to the ground. Vegeta raised his hands and fired off multiple blasts at Cell.
"We are in deep trouble," said Krillin. ''Vegeta can't keep up this temporary power up for ever.''
Father, what have you done? thought Trunks, gritting his teeth. "Now look," said Cell. "You spent all that time saying I wouldn't be a challenge, and now you're giving up without a good fight. That's very rude of the prince of all Saiyans."
You just wait, Cell, thought Trunks. If it's a good fight you want, then it's a good fight you'll get. His muscles began to swell as much as his power, then decrease back to their original size.
"Come on, Trunks," said Krillin. "What are you waiting for? You take any more time, Vegeta's going to be fish food! It's now or never, bro. Vegeta may get mad, but at least he'll stay alive!"
"Wait," said Trunks. "I can't do anything to help him until the moment he loses consciousness. That way he won't find out that I've become even stronger than he is."
"Forget his pride!"
"But I can't! I don't think you realize how much honor means to my father! It's the only thing that keeps him going. It's what makes him a warrior. Oh, sure. Some might see it as arrogance, but I think, down at the core, it's much more noble than that. I believe that's what my mother saw in him, and it's what I see too."
"I didn't know," said Krillin, apologetically. "How could you?" asked Trunks, knowing it wasn't Krillin's fault.
"For your sake, I hope Vegeta passes out soon."
"Vegeta," said Cell, "I hate to interrupt your little nap, but I think it's time we should continue?"
"Why... you..." said Vegeta, gasping for air. Vegeta pushed himself up and stood his ground, his pride not allowing himself to give up. Vegeta gave Cell this middle finger as soon as he was on his feet.
"But first, there's one thing I'd like to mention. I must thank you for sparing me before I became complete. Regardless of how utterly foolish it was. You see, I've been waiting for this for a long time, and it's always nice to receive a helping hand."
Vegeta slowly flew upwards into the air. He spread his arms apart, and began concentrating energy into them. An incredible wind came off of him, blowing the debris beneath him away. After a few moments, he locked his hands together in front of him. Rocks flew all around them and trees were rocking like a hurricane was blowing.
"CELL!" he shouted. "IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TEST YOUR STRENGTH, STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE!" Golden electricity formed around Vegeta's mastered Super Saiyan form, and his muscles swelled up. This was the only time he would ever use his Ultra Super Saiyan form, as it grants the user incredible power but immeasurable strain.
Cell smirked, spreading his arms, ready to take the blow full on. He was completely confident in his new abilities. Vegeta grinned.
"Final Flash!" screamed Vegeta. A massive beam of golden energy emerged from his hands, directly on course towards Cell.
"What the-" said Cell, his confident smirk being replaced by shock. The beam tore into him and he was obliterated, but at the last moment, Vegeta pulled it upwards, directing it parallel to the planet and out into space.
Vegeta landed, gasping for breath, staring into the smoke for any sign of his enemy. "Did you like that?" he asked.
The smoke cleared, revealing Cell minus half of his torso. "I'll take that as a yes," said Vegeta, smirking.
"You... you actually hit me!" said the android. Vegeta started laughing. "You... you've maimed me!"
"STOP LAUGHING!" shouted Cell. Vegeta continued, louder than ever. ''Now I'll kill you, BIG BANG ATTACK!'' Vegeta fired off his attack, obliterating the rest of Cell's body.
''Good riddance,'' smirked Vegeta.
Suddenly, Cell came back from nothing but his nucleus and flew up in front of Vegeta. ''Hmph, you fool. Did you forget that as long as my nucleus stays intact, I can regenerate from anything?''
Vegeta's look of triumph turned to one of failure, he had failed to take down Cell. Vegeta had no time to react as Cell came shooting at him, smashing him in the head. Vegeta dropped, his hair turning from blond to black.
"He's not a Super Saiyan anymore!" said Krillin, horrified. "That means he's either unconscious or he's... well... you know..."
"Now, Vegeta," said Cell, "I will end your miserable life."
"All right," said Krillin, turning to Trunks. "This is it! If you plan on saving Vegeta, you'd better not wait any longer!"
"Wait," Trunks shouted. "You haven't fought me yet."
"Why would I want to do that?" Cell said. "You're as weak as your father."
"No," Trunks said. "I'm stronger than him. I didn't want him to see because he doesn't take things like that very well." With that Trunks flashed Super Saiyan and kept powering up. His hair flowed wildly as his muscles grew to an enormous size. With an explosion of power Trunks finished the power-up. "Now I'll kill you."
"Bring it on," Cell taunted.
Trunks had already begun transforming. A lightning bolt shot out from him and hit Krillin.
Cell raised a hand to blast Vegeta. Suddenly, he sensed Trunk's power increasing, and turned to the half-Saiyan, watching in interest.
"Trunks's power is amazing," Krillin said as he stared up in wonder at the ascended Saiyan. "We may have a chance after all."
'Get father out of here,' Trunks said telepathically to the monk.
Krillin simply nodded. He didn't like the idea of saving the pompous prince but he knew that Trunks didn't need any distractions. So with few regrets he flew toward where Vegeta lay unconscious.
x-X-x
Cell looked over and saw the monk pick up the unconscious prince. He raised a hand to blast the two.
"Hey," Trunks yelled. "Your fight's with me."
"Very well," Cell said. "I can always kill Vegeta at my leisure whenever I please."
"You won't survive that long," Trunks said as he charged at the monster. Cell jumped to the side easily avoiding the blow and appeared behind the Saiyan and backhanded him to the ground.
Trunk hit the ground hard but got up uninjured. How'd he avoid that, he thought. I know I'm stronger than him. With that in mind he charged out of his hole with a burst of golden energy and sent a kick at Cell's head.
Once again the android easily got out of the way of the blow and once again threw a punch of his own at Trunks.
Trunks managed to block this one just seconds before it hit his face and threw a flurry of kicks and punches of his own at the monster.
Cell laughed as he dodged all of the Saiyan's kicks and punches. "You may be powerful but you're too slow to hit me," he taunted.
Trunks simply answered by continuing his useless onslaught.
x-X-x
Krillin landed a short distance away and put Vegeta down. He pulled a sensu bean out of his pocket and put it in the Saiyan's mouth. Vegeta chewed and swallowed out of instinct and soon got to his feet. "Where's Cell?" he demanded.
"Trunks is fighting him," Krillin stammered.
Vegeta turned in the direction of the fight and took off to pursue Cell once again.
x-X-x
Gohan panted as he completed his 5000th push-up. He and Goku were a few miles out into the void. The gravity out here this far was intense but the two Saiyans were managing to cope alright.
"You sure are getting strong," Goku said as he continued doing push-ups of his own. "There's no way I could have even moved in this kind of gravity when I was your age."
"But do you think it'll be enough?" Gohan said.
"I hope so," Goku replied.
"Yeah me too," Gohan said. He stood from his workout and stretched. "How about a spar?"
"Okay," Goku said getting to his feet.
In an instant, Gohan flashed into Super Saiyan and charged at his father with a fist ready for his face.
Goku was instantly a Super Saiyan and blocked the blow before his son could do much damage to him. He retaliated with a kick at Gohan's mid-section but the kid was gone before the blow could ever come close to connecting.
Gohan appeared above his father and threw a series of ki blasts at the Super Saiyan. Goku fazed out of sight and appeared below Gohan. "Kamehameha," he shouted as he sent a blue beam of energy up at his son.
Instead of trying to block the attack," Gohan used his warping technique to teleport out of the way of the blast.
Unfortunately for him, Goku was already one step ahead of him and appeared right behind him and brought a knee up into the boy's back hard and then quickly brought his hands down on the boy's head sending him flying into the hard ground of the chamber.
Gohan got up and wiped a little bit of blood from his lips. "Nice one," he said as he flared his aura and charged at his dad. At the last possible second he fazed out of sight letting only after-image reach Goku. "Kamehameha," he shouted as he quickly sent his father's attack at the other Super Saiyan.
Goku leapt out of the way and right into Gohan's foot as the young demi-Saiyan delivered a hard kick to his father's face and then grabbed his ankle and pulled him into a knee to the stomach before finally throwing him to the ground hard.
Goku got up a few minutes later wiping a little bit of blood from his own mouth and dropped out of Super Saiyan. "How about we take a break? I'm starving anyway."
"Are you sure we should?" Gohan asked. "We need to be ready for Cell."
"We've already almost doubled our power," Goku replied. "And we still have several months before our year is up. A short break won't hurt. Our bodies do need time to recover."
"Good point," Gohan said powering down out of Super Saiyan panting just a little. "Fighting at that level sure takes it out of you," he said.
"Yeah it does," Goku said. "I've been thinking," he continued, "it won't do us any good to become as strong as Cell if we can't last long enough to beat him."
"I think it's getting a little better than it was at first," Gohan said.
"Yes," Goku replied but we need to make it where Super Saiyan seems natural to us. I want you to try and stay a Super Saiyan for as long as possible and I'll do the same. We'll take some of the training a little bit easier until we adjust a little bit."
''That's what Vegeta and I started to do, and if they fail in stopping cell then how will we be any different?''
''Well knowing Vegeta he probably never took the time to rest his body, instead just pushing himself to the limit. That's why our training will prove much more efficient,'' responded Goku.
"Okay," Gohan said turning back into a Super Saiyan with relative ease. "Race you to the kitchen." With that the two Saiyans took off at super speed to see who could get to the food first.
x-X-x
Trunks charged at Cell and threw yet another punch at the android to no effect. The monster moved to the side easily avoiding the blow before it came even close to connecting.
Cell backed away from a panting Trunks and laughed. "Don't you yet see your foolishness? Even though you've managed to get more powerful than me you still have no chance."
"I will kill you," Trunks said panting.
"What good is your power," Cell asked, "if you can't hit your opponent? Anyone can bulge their muscles up but it costs a lot of speed. You would have had a better chance of beating me like you were but now you have no chance."
Suddenly realization hit the Saiyan's face. "How could I have been so stupid," he said as he powered down to his normal form. "I should have known that. That's why father quit pushing himself to ascend shortly after he'd obtained his level. I wasn't getting more powerful than him only more foolish." He turned to face Cell with his head held in shame. "You can kill me now," he said. "There's no way I can beat you anyway, but when Goku is done with his training, he'll defeat you."
"I'm amazed that someone such as yourself could gain so much power so quickly. Tell me something. If given more time could you get stronger yet?"
''Yes now that you've given insight on what I need to improve upon," Trunks said.
"Well," Cell smirked. "It's decided then. In ten days, I'll hold a tournament. I'll accept any challenger that wants to face me. It will be just like the world martial arts tournaments."
"What?" Trunks said confused.
"Oh I'm sorry. The tournaments are a bit before your time and mine for that matter but I'm sure your friends can fill you in on the details after all they participated in one numerous times."
"Yeah Gohan said something about that," Trunks said.
"So it's decided then," Cell said. "In ten days the tournament will begin. Keep an eye on your television for details." With that the android turned away and flew off.
A few seconds later, Vegeta arrived on the scene followed by Krillin. "Where's Cell?" Vegeta asked.
"He's gone," Trunks answered.
"How'd you survive?" Krillin said.
Trunks quickly filled them in on the situation. "But why would Cell do something like this? He could easily just kill us one by one now."
"He wants to humiliate us all first," Krillin said. "But look at the bright side. At least in a tournament there are rules, including no killing your opponent."
"Do you really expect Cell to follow that?" Vegeta said harshly. "No," Krillin admitted.
"Help me," they were interrupted by a damaged Sixteen. "I need someone that can repair me."
"Why would we want to help you?" Trunks said coldly. "I can help fight Cell," stated 16.
"I'll help you," Krillin said. "We owe you that much courtesy."
"How do you figure?" Trunks said.
"The androids spared us once when they could have easily killed us," Krillin replied. "Besides the only aggressive moves he made were against Cell and to protect Eighteen from Gohan."
"You don't consider him hitting me and father as a bad thing?"
"Wouldn't you have done the same if it was one of your friends about to be killed?" Krillin said picking up Sixteen and hovering into the air. "I'll take you to Capsule Corp. Hopefully Bulma will be able to fix you."
x-X-x
Trunks and Vegeta landed at the Lookout and didn't look to happy. "What happened?" Tien asked. "How'd you survive Cell?"
Piccolo answered for him. "Cell decided to hold a little tournament. It's in ten days."
"Out of my way," Vegeta said. "I'm going back into that chamber. I know what I need to do now, I need to let my body recupirate in between intense training seessions. Its worked for us after harsh missions while working under Frieza, so why shouldn't it work now. "
"Goku and Gohan aren't done yet," Piccolo said. They still have about a good fifteen or sixteen hours left."
"Don't you realize that I'm the only one who'll be able to beat Cell," Vegeta screamed.
"Calm down," Piccolo replied. "There will be time for us all to train in the next ten days. I think I'll even go in myself."
"Why bother?" Vegeta said.
"Because I don't want to have to depend on you," Piccolo said.
"I'm going to go train elsewhere since I can't use the chamber," Tien said. "I may not be much help but I have to try and be stronger."
"Yeah, me too," Yamcha said. "Wait," Mr. Popo responded. "You can still use the Time Chamber for another two years."
"What?" Yamcha asked. "Since you've been dead already and brought back to life, this is a different lifetime for you so you still have two years."
"Don't you love technicalities," Tien laughed. "I'll go get Chiaotzu and we'll go in after Trunks. He may be much help power wise, but his mental powers could be of great usage."
x-X-x
Gohan fazed out of sight in a golden blur as Goku threw another punch at his son. Goku appeared close behind him but Gohan simply brought his arm back into the older Saiyan's stomach doubling him over in pain. The young Saiyan finished the combo with a ki ball that sent his father flying into the ground before exploding. They had now been in Super Saiyan for a few months and were up to the task of training harder than ever miles and miles from the entrance to the chamber.
Goku got up his clothes in tatters and grinned. "You're definitely getting stronger, Gohan. I think you're quite a bit stronger than me even."
"Come on dad," Gohan replied. "I know you're holding back. I saw you ascend the other day."
"Yeah, well…" Goku started.
"I'll show you my ascended form as well," Gohan said.
"Ok," Goku said. "But I'm pretty sure that we couldn't beat Cell in that form." With a yell Goku charged up his ki and his muscles suddenly bulged to about twice their normal size and his power took off.
"Amazing," Gohan said. "But I know why we couldn't beat Cell in this form."
"Indeed, the power production is great, but what is power without speed," Goku said.
"What do you mean? I can move as fast as I can in this form as I can in normal Super Saiyan form."
"Let me show you," Goku said as he charged at Gohan and threw a punch at the boy's head.
Gohan easily jumped out of the way and instinctively brought a foot up into Goku's stomach. Goku went flying back and quickly charged Gohan again trying to connect a blow, but the Saiyan warrior was far too quick for his father and fazed out of sight far ahead of the blow. "Yeah I see what you mean," he said as he shot a blast at Goku, "you've gotten a lot stronger but you lost too much speed in the process."
"Exactly," Goku said as he let go of his ultra ascended form and returned to Super Saiyan. "Our best shot is to simply get as strong as possible in normal Super Saiyan. That entails complete mastery of the form, like Vegeta and Trunks."
"Right," Gohan said as he floated to the ground and picked up his discarded sword off the ground and began to swing it around in his normal training routine.
x-X-x
"Let's go," Goku said. "Our year's up." The two Saiyan's walked trough the door of the Hyperbolic Time chamber still transformed and ready for anything. "About time, Kakarot," Vegeta said as Goku and Gohan came out of the chamber.
"I still sense Cell, and he's stronger than ever," Goku said. "Yeah," Trunks said and then went on to explain the current situation. A few minutes later he was finished. "I think you should train more if you intend to face him," Goku said looking at Vegeta.
"I intend to," the prince stated. "And don't even try to go in ahead of me. I know what I need to work on, now out of the way."
"Gohan and I are finished with our training. We're as strong as we need to be," Goku replied.
"How do you even think that you could be that much above me," Vegeta said.
"Actually," Goku said. "I'm way stronger than you."
Vegeta narrowed his eyes. ''Prove it clown,'' replied Vegeta. ''Okay, but you should all take a step back.''
Vegeta stood his ground and flashed his own Super Saiyan form, then going to his mastered form. Everyone else took a step back, curious to see Goku's power. Goku spread out his feet, and let his aura flow out of his body.
''HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!'' His power output created massive gusts of wind that forced the Z-fighters to dig their feet in the ground minus Trunks, Vegeta and Gohan. The little display of power dinished and Vegeta was unimpressed.
Trunks however was another matter. ''That was incredible Goku, you're power was nearly 2/3 of my full power.''
''Yeah, and that was only half of my full power. Just so you know, the key to getting for efficient results is to rest up in between training. Its a better way to get stronger than just work your self to death like Vegeta would do. Just some words of advice,'' Goku whispered to Trunks.
Vegeta narrowed his eyes at his sworn rival as he had been surpassed by him once again. ''I'll surpass you again Kakarot just you wait, I'll prove I'm the strongest Saiyan ever,'' smirked Vegeta at Goku.
''Looking forward to it,'' replied Goku, smiling at his rival. Trunks looked at Gohan and sized him up. ''It seems you've gotten quite the growth spurt and power boost,'' examined Trunks.
''Yeah, I've grown to about 5'1''. And our strength has increased but is it enough?''
''I honestly can't tell, Cell seems to be supressing his power right now.''
Wallah, this will wrap up the Chapter. As you can tell, this chapter is by far the longest chapter I've ever wrote and I'd like to thank everyone for supporting this story and everything about it. This chapter surpasses 8K words and I was originally going to make this two chapters, but I decided to make it into one giant chapter to implement into the story. We got to see Cell's complete evolution and how the Saiyans fared up. After the evolution, the Saiyans fared up like in canon. In this Chapter though, I won't do a power level list. The reason is that I don't want to spoil the new power levels and I'm also shortening the length of the Cell saga. It's going to end at no further than Chapter 31. Remember to leave a review, please leave a review. It only takes a few seconds of your life (which is probably too precious). I'll see you in the next Chapter, deuces.
C: Awesome work can't wait for more
R: Thank you for the support, and more will be heading your way pretty soon.
C: Awesome job
R: Thanks for your support as always my friend.
C: Well well well
It seems that cell is gonna be plenty more powerful than he was in canon considering he is absorbing super 13(maybe will still absorb 18)
So trunks is slightly stronger than vegeta but that is hardly gonna make a difference now
Also why are Goku and Gohan not staying transformed as ssj's? I mean they already have got the idea that staying ssj increases power?
Anyways they are gonna need a hell lot more training maybe atleast reach ssj2 if they wish to stand a chance against cell now
Maybe they will go to the chamber a second time unlike canon and possibly achieve ssj2 (driven by how powerful cell is and what he'll do if not stopped)
Update soon
R: You're right, Cell is plenty more powerful than in canon due to me making the Z-Fighters more powerful than in canon. Cell still absorbs 18 and Goku and Gohan stayed transformed as SSJ's throughout the entire ROSAT time period. And they have to reach SSJ2 to defeat Cell, but who's going to be the lucky Saiyan to do so? And Gohan released his latent potential in the chamber, causing Goku to think they've done all they could. goku and Gohan have breached their Super Saiyan limitations. And I usually update within the span of 5 days, but I don't have an update schedule as I update whenever I feel like it.
C: I don't know where this came from but you should totally try Gohan X 18 relationship. It is a what if after all and i think its a good idea!
R: There are some stories that are like that, but I don't want to short out Krillin. Krillin's one of my favorite characters and I don't think the Gohan X 18 thing could actually function properly.
C: I love this story so much! :D Though I wonder... I can't believe I'm saying this and no one has ever done it before but... have you ever thought of making this story a Gohan Harem story? IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE!
R: Um... no. Thanks for saying you love the story, but I don't think making this a Gohan harem story would be good for the story's future. Plus its out of Gohan's character.
Stay tuned for Chapter 26: The Legendary Super Saiyan, Deuces.
