A/N: Welcome to the next chapter and just a heads up, the Cell from this timeline will usually be referred to as 'Cell', while the other will be labeled as 'Semi-Perfect Cell'.

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Hidden Power

"A Saiyan? But you look nothing like one, much less a human!" Trunks said, never letting his guard down.

The creature just chuckled.

"Answer me!"

"Careful Trunks, you are in no position to make demands." The creature shot back, cockiness heavily laced within his voice.

The Saiyan from the future took a step back in shock. "How do you know-"

"Your name? I know all your names." He glanced at the son of Goku. "Gohan." Then his sights land on the blue haired woman, who yelped and jumped back in fear. "Bulma."

The ivory creature licked his lips hungrily, much to the others disgust, clearly enjoying the look of confusion and terror on their faces.

"I know you are all itching to know who I am but unfortunately I'm unwilling to disclose that until the others arrive, since I do not want to repeat myself."

"Others?" Trunks echoed before he realized that Tien, his sister, his father and Piccolo were on their way, most likely taking action once they felt the strange ki signatures coming from the thing standing in front of him.

The vile monster, along with his hidden semi-perfect counterpart, took notice of an unfamiliar energy signature that was accompanying the three-eyed warrior. Hmmm I don't recognize that one, though his or her ki is akin to Vegeta's...

"However, I wouldn't mind for you to give me a warm-up so I could test out my new power!" The lanky creature rasped out, his beetle-like wings coming to life as he took off to the bewildered lavender haired Saiyan.

Trunks knowing that he was horrible outclassed, powered up to his max and leaped out of harm's way. The creature smirked knowingly as he stopped his fist from hitting the ground and instead shot upwards to the airborne half Saiyan, giving him a bone-crushing fist to the face, sending him sailing higher. The beast buzzed pass the Saiyan, intercepting him with a spin kick to the smalls of his back, causing him to gasp in pain much to the monster's delight. He chuckled nastily as he prevented the young man from rocketing to the earth by grabbing him by the back of his jacket, the golden aura exhausting from his form as he entering the world of unconsciousness.

"What a shame, I was hoping to toy around with you for a while longer." The creature said, clearly disappointed as he used his free hand to grasp the young man by the back of his throat, getting ready to piece right through him

Bulma and Gohan, the latter feeling too petrified to assist his friend, could only watch in horror as the ivory being's hand stabbed straight through Trunks's back.

"No! Trunks!" Bulma cried out with anguish as her hand flew to her mouth, covering it in dismay, her eyes flooding with tears to the rim.

"You bastard!"

A sudden super charged fist struck the side of the ivory monster's face, which caused him to relinquish his hold on the unconscious Saiyan. Luckily, a certain three-eyed warrior was there to catch him seconds before he could hit the ground.

The ivory beast licked the purple blood that dribbled from his lips as his turquoise eyes landed on the new comer, a royally pissed female Saiyan. Her long sea-green hair fluttered upwards as her shimmering green eyes flickered to that of a Super Saiyan's.

"Hmmmm you're a carbon copy of Bulma. Daughter of Vegeta I presume?" The creature asked, though his voice indicated that he could care less if she responded or not.

The female Saiyan briefly eyed Tien, who was checking the young time-traveler's pulse.

"He's still alive, but I don't know how long he'll last!"

A few tears began to develop on the rims of her eyelids upon hearing the warrior's statement, the anger coursing through her body increasing higher as the Saiyan blood within her veins boiled like molten lava. I barely knew him! But I wanted to know him! He's my brother!

Shredded debris begins to levitate from below her feet as her power began to skyrocket. Her radiant bluish-green hair shifted to gold as her aura ignited when she released a high pitch scream.

Tien, seeing the feral look on Bra's eyes, panicked when he realized she was losing control of herself. "But look! I might be able to save him still! Maybe Krillin has a Senzu Bean left!"

Bra's dilated pupils snapped towards her ally. "Then fucking go! Aruuahhhh!" She shrieked out as her body exploded with unrestraint power.

The next thing the monster knew, he was on the receiving end of a barrage of punches and kicks while Tien took off with breakneck speed.

The first several attacks landed flawlessly since he had been caught off guard, however once he regained his composure the rage filled Saiyan's rapid attacks began to miss, the beast making sure to block the ones that he was unable to evade. Having enough of her mindless attacking pattern, he swayed to the left to avoid her next move before catching her extended arm, causing the Saiyan to snap out of her rage trance.

"Are you done?"

Before the female Saiyan could bark out her response, the alien-like being tightened his hold on her arm before swing her around his shoulder like a ragdoll as he then loosened his grip, sending her smashing right into the ground, causing it to tremble harshly. The vile monster didn't even give her a chance to stand as his knee drove right onto the back of her head, making her release a muffled scream, her voice silencing shortly after as darkness consumed her.

That's when Piccolo and Vegeta arrived on the scene, the Prince suppressing a growl when he saw the state his daughter was it. The monster removed his knee off the female Saiyan as his eyes fell on the Namekian and Saiyan Prince.

"So glad you could join us. I was hoping to have everyone here so they could hear my tale unfortunately I got carried away."

Once the shock all but disappeared, Vegeta spoke. "What did you do to my son!" He had felt Trunks's energy spike sharply, almost as if he was in distress only for it to extinguish into nothing within the next few moments.

"I killed him."

Piccolo and Vegeta's eyes widen until Gohan finally found his voice. "He's lying! Tien took him back to Krillin with hope that he still has a Senzu Bean!"

Bulma, who was a mere feet away from the small Saiyan, had dropped to the ground when she saw her son near death's door, a look of despair written on her face.

From what I recall, Krillin had used up all the beans when he healed us after our little dispute with the Androids. Damn it! I was too late! The Namekian berated himself with clutched fists.

Semi-Perfect Cell, who was watching everything unfold within the shadows, chuckled softly as he sat right down, clearly enjoying the 'show'. Was I that bad?

Vegeta's aura flared to life as he released his Super Saiyan powers, getting readying to pound the ugly freak into dust…that was until the Namek held out a hand as a means to stop the Saiyan from making a rash decision.

"Move it Namek before I break that arm right off of you!"

"Use your head Vegeta." The Namekian said. "His power level is way higher than yours."

"And you think you can do better?!"

Piccolo smirked, making sure to keep his focus on the ivory monster. "I can."

Vegeta was taken aback. "What?!"

The Namek knew he could do better since merging with Kami had made his power exceed that of a Super Saiyan's, however he wasn't stupid enough to believe that he could actually win. Whatever this thing is, it's levels above mine too…

"So are you going to tell us this 'tale' of yours?"

The monster crossed his arms and smirked arrogantly. "Heh-heh very well, I'll enlighten you."

His counterpart mimicked his expression. "Ooooh this is my favor part."

"My name is Cell, I'm an Android created by Dr. Gero."

Gohan and Bulma gasped while Piccolo, though also surprised, kept a cool and collected demeanor.

"Oh another Android, why am I not surprise." The Saiyan Prince spat out, causing the ivory creature to laugh.

"Let me guess, your name is 'Cell' because you possess ours cells or something." Piccolo asked, though it sounded more like a statement.

"Bravo, you are correct. I possess the cells of the greatest fighters this planet has to offer, Goku's, Vegeta's just to name a few, and even yours Piccolo. I was lucky to also acquire cells from the Frost Demons, Frieza and his father, thanks to their trip to Earth."

"It's no wonder why I could sense multiple ki signatures within the same area, even from those that are dead." The Namek said, jerking his head towards the time machine, which was far enough to be out of harm's way. "You came from the future right? When?"

Cell's line of vision flickered to said machine before landing on the cocoon near it, which was larger than the one he broke out off. Hmmm interesting… that cocoon is not mine…looks like another version of me came from the future also. I better make sure to keep an eye out. I refuse to let another steal perfection from me…

"I came from twenty years in the future to be exact, arriving here four years ago. I was unable to fit inside the time machine in my current form so I had to regress to my larva form to do so. Sadly it took me four years to return to this form, which is why I became active just recently."

Four years ago…that's one year before Trunks came here for the first time. I can't believe this thing has been sitting here for years! Piccolo thought angrily, a hard frown spread across his lips.

"Why? Why come here? Couldn't you accomplish your goal in your own time?"

"I'm here for one solo purpose and that is to achieve my perfect form by absorbing two of the three Androids created by Dr. Gero; number Sixteen, Seventeen, and Eighteen. It doesn't matter which order or who I absorb as long as it's two of them. As to why the doctor made three I have no idea, maybe it was just in case one of them was destroyed. Heh I do wonder what would happen if I were to absorb all three. As to why I came here, you can blame Trunks for that. You see the Trunks in my timeline apparently killed all three of them long before I became active. When the boy told me that I had been wasting my time searching for Androids that didn't even exist anymore I became furious and attacked him, but to my dismay, he effortlessly defeated me. At the time, I had thought I was dead but imagine my surprise when I learned that I could survive as long as a single cell of mine remains in the living world!" Cell said.

The imperfect being smirked as he reminisce the events that took place that night. "I guess Trunks was planning to use the time machine to take another trip to the past for whatever reason since that same night I spotted him boarding it. I knew then and there that if I didn't stop him and use the time machine to travel to the past I would most likely never achieve my perfect form. The Trunks from my reality was much stronger than the one here, easily eclipsing me in power but even an incredible fighter can be beaten when caught off guard and that's exactly what happened. Once he was unconscious I decided to have him as my 'to go' meal and absorbed his bio-energy into my being, acquiring more power than I ever thought possible from one person! Once in the machine, all I had to do was push a button and the rest you already know."

"I see…" The Namek removed the weighted gear from his upper body and head, tossing them to the ground, making them land with a heavy thud. "If you want to even begin your search, you're going to have to get through me first!" He hollered as a clear white aura coated his form. I know engaging him into battle is idiotic but what choice do I have? Maybe if I take him by surprise I could beat him since at his current level I actually stand a chance…I think

Cell didn't even bother to enter into a fighting stance, since he felt that he was in no danger whatsoever. "Now now don't be foolish Piccolo. You know you're out classed-"

The ivory beast was silenced as a green fist had a meeting with his face, sending him flying into the city, the Namek following right on after.

Vegeta quickly turned his focus to the wide eyed small Saiyan. "Hey brat!"

"V-Vegeta?"

The Saiyan Prince just nodded his head towards his daughter, who was still face down on the ground unconscious, before taking off after the Namekian and Cell.

"Man…Vegeta sure has changed since he started living on Earth." Gohan mumbled as he rushed to aid the Saiyan Princess, but not before he shook Bulma out of her state of shock, telling her to capsulize the time machine.

She nodded quietly as she arose from her position on the ground, scurrying to the machine. Please don't let my Trunks die…

Not far away, Semi-Perfect Cell remained seated on the ground, staring off space, trying to digest everything that his counterpart had said. So Android Sixteen is absorbable in this timeline…hmmm that might only apply to him. I got to give it to him though; he was able to take the bio-energy of one of those fools, which is something I wasn't able to do. No wonder why he's more powerful than I am! If I'm to defeat him, I have to find at least one of the Androids. It wouldn't hurt to collect more bio-energy from these humans in case I were to run into him later on. We shall see who is true perfection!

Not wasting a moment more, he removed himself from the ground and darted off, making his way out of West City on foot as to not draw unwanted attention.

I sure wouldn't mind taking another visit to Nicky Town!

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"Krillin!? Yamcha!? Where are you guys!?" Tien shouted out as he all but barged into the entrance of Capsule Corp. As the triclop gently placed the lifeless half Saiyan on the sofa, the sound of footsteps were heard, indicating that his voice had indeed reached his allies' ears.

Krillin, who was the first to make it downstairs, took one look at the Saiyan and turned pale. "What the heck happened!?" he said as he jogged to the hurt young man. "Is-is he still alive?"

"Holy shit man!" yelled the scar-faced man, announcing his arrival.

Tien nodded. "I just checked his pulse, but he'll be dead soon if we don't do something. Do you happen to have a Senzu Bean still?"

Krillin grimaced, his eyes lowering gloomily. "No…we used them all when-" the former monk paused as he felt a curvy object in his pants pocket. He hurriedly yanked it out and to his amazement it was a Senzu Bean! "Huh how? Oh yeah I had one left since I never got my ass hand-"

"Give me that!" Tien sneered out as he snatched the bean out of the short man's hand, hastily placing it into the mouth of the lavender haired Saiyan, ordering him to swallow it. Of course he was too far gone to respond, so the three-eyed warrior slowly rubbed his throat until the bean was swallowed.

They then waited.

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The green man punched, kicked, and smashed the Bio-Android on his chest, stomach, kidney, face, arms, pretty much any place he could land a hit on and it seemed to be working…but the Namek knew better. He's letting me hit him…

As the Android took all the beatings Piccolo was dishing out, the Saiyan Prince hovered nearby, watching him carefully, wanting to see what the Namekian was now capable of. So far he was indeed surprised however he wasn't foolish enough to believe that he could defeat the hideous beast. The ugly freak is obviously toying with him, but I'm sure green bean knows that. Still, I can't believe that he's surpassed me, clearly making him levels above a Super Saiyan. He was nowhere near this strong last time I saw him! What changed?

As the Prince of Saiyan growled in frustration, he decided to dismiss those thoughts and instead focus on something worth his time. The Saiyan took a deep breath before exhaling as he began to channel a large portion of his ki within his right palm.

The citizens of Ginger Town screamed frantically, running for cover as a means to avoid being sandwiched by the tall buildings, which started to crumble since the Namek and Android were rendering them unstable as they kept plowing right through them consistently. Piccolo, not one to be toyed with, gave one final smash to Cell's chest, sending him hurling into a large skyscraper, the impact causing the entire structure to groan before collapsed altogether. He winced regretfully, hoping that everyone in the building had escaped. I should have taken him out of the city…

"My turn!" A throaty voice rasped out as he appeared from behind the Namek and attached himself around his waist using his arms and legs. He then extended his long tail and shot it forward, piercing the black tip right through the Namekian's right leg, causing him to cry out loudly, the immense pain coursing down his leg feeling like nothing he felt before. The ivory creature began to laugh wickedly as his inserted tail began to suck the bio-energy out of his leg, his victim's screams reaching new heights. As his leg started to decay, the beast felt that he had done enough damage and release him, quickly using his hand to catch him by one of his arms. He then swatted him to the side, sending him right into the vacate concrete streets, making it quiver violently. The beast smirked viciously as he placed his left hand over his right, flinging them over his head in a well-known fashion.

"Masenko-"

Piccolo's clutched eyes popped wide opened when he hear the familiar phrase.

The Bio-Android's turquoise orbs gleamed confidently as the Namek attempted to left himself off the ground and succeeded briefly, but with only one leg to stand on he fell right back down. That tail of his literally consumed my entire leg and all the energy in it! Merging with Kami was at a lost cause after all…

"HAAAAAA!"

"Mr. Piccoloooooo!"

A small purple blur came out of nowhere and stood its ground right in front of the weaken Namek.

"G-Gohan?!"

The small half Saiyan said nothing as he narrowed his eyes, solely focused on the incoming blast.

"Don't be foolish kid, get out of the way!" Piccolo warned.

The boy once again ignored him and instead just tightened his muscles, clearly determined to take the mighty energy attack head on. Vegeta and Piccolo's eyes widened as the blast slammed right onto the hybrid's chest and to their astonishment, the kid actually held his own, keeping the blast at bay.

Piccolo looked on in awe as he gawked at the half Saiyan, the boy's muscles straining to the limit in order to keep the wave of energy from consuming them both.

"It's-it's my turn Pic-Piccolo! I stood by the last time and w-watched you and the others get killed right before my eyes simply because I was too damn terrified to do anything!" Gohan grunted out as the purple outfit that mimicked his mentor's began to deteriorate from the sheer intensity of the Bio-Android's attack.

"Gohan…"

"I-I won't let it happen-" The boy growled ferociously as his black orbs started to shift to turquoise, a faint golden aura surrounding his form. "I won't let it happen again!"

Then he snapped, seeing nothing but white as he was encased into a force field of golden energy.

"RRRRUUUAHHHHHHHH!" Gohan screamed out in pure rage as his long hair levitated, changing to the yellowish-gold color of a Super Saiyan.

Vegeta looked on with amazement as Bra, who had regain consciousness not long ago and was near an awestruck Bulma, watched the furious small Super Saiyan yell violently at the top of his lungs. "He's…He's not strong enough…"

Bulma whipped her head towards her daughter at her remark. "What do you mean!? He just transformed!"

The female Saiyan sighed with frustration as she gazed at the half Saiyan. "So? That means nothing. Me, dad, and brother are Super Saiyans and we all don't stand a chance against the thing. Heck even Piccolo doesn't and he's much stronger than all of us! So unles-"

Bra paused as she saw something that most likely no one else did. His aura… it looks more potent.

Gohan's eyes glittered fleetingly, the ends of his hair turning sharper, more jagged while blue volts of lightening sparked and crackled around his form.

The Saiyan Princess's sea-green eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. Did he just force himself to double ascend?! But he can't handle it! It's too much! She thought with panic as she witnessed blood beginning to cascade from Gohan's eyes, nose, ears and mouth.

No! Gohan!

A/N: Now be honest, how many of you actually thought Bra was gonna have the spot light and transform? Come on don't be shy! =)

Now I know alot of you might be like Gohan ascending to Super Saiyan 2 is overkill...and it is but fear not, there is a reason. Take note on what the Saiyan Princess said. Just because he ascended, doesn't mean he could control it. Remember since this Cell is stronger than canon DBZ's the Saiyan's power are going to be vastly tweaked to match his strength or else he would just slaughter them all in one sweep. If you are confused or simply have questions just ask away.

Do to written's block, lack of focus, and other things in life, I have slowed down in updates, so don't expect them to come as fast as they did when I first started this Fanfic. I'll try to update once a month, but who knows, maybe you'll see a second chapter and dare I say a third!?

Q & A (These are getting less and less frequent)

(Q)(Nigel) - weeell that was unexpected to say the least.I,uh...have a confession, to make. I might have been the one posting on the same chptr over and over...
dont be mad, I just...wasnt, expecting to be caught. i have to say youre smart. well there you have it.
other than that I have a few questions.(1) will cell obsorb his new time line counterpart and become too strong for words?(2) will goku go lssj or ssj2?(3) why the appearence changes?
and lastly I have a small request: can you make a chptr where goku fights 17 and 18, because I never got to see that in the anime, and I really want to! keep writing please. your faithful reviewer, nigel.

(A) Well then... I'm not mad, just disappointed, though this happens all the time to authors. But hey at least you admitted it, which is surprising considering most don't. As for your questions, I can't really answer any of those but as you can see so far and from this chapter, changes are already coming into play.

The only Saiyan that is capable of LSSJ is Broly so no.

As for your small request, I don't take them, but you never know! =P

Well that's it for now, thanks for reading!

(Posted - 4-17-2014, 2:25PM)

~Gater~